I’d be doing less good with my life if I hadn’t heard of effective altruism
I’m quite sure I’d be doing less good. Getting involved in EA helped me assess my career for impact and ultimately get on a path to explore my options and get training and experience to start and lead a charity. I also think that Hive wouldn’t have existed as soon as it ended up being started by me (2022) or existed in this form (impact-focused, effective community). I spoke to quite a few people when I came up with the idea and very few people thought it should be done, it’s unlikely that any of those people would take on this idea. Now many people acknowledge the farmed animal community wouldn’t have such a digital home if not for Hive and it would need to be created asap. A lot of counterfactuals!
I’m quite sure I’d be doing less good. Getting involved in EA helped me assess my career for impact and ultimately get on a path to explore my options and get training and experience to start and lead a charity. I also think that Hive wouldn’t have existed as soon as it ended up being started by me (2022) or existed in this form (impact-focused, effective community). I spoke to quite a few people when I came up with the idea and very few people thought it should be done, it’s unlikely that any of those people would take on this idea. Now many people acknowledge the farmed animal community wouldn’t have such a digital home if not for Hive and it would need to be created asap. A lot of counterfactuals!