Personally I’m a bit wary of things like this. A few reactions:
You mention that the appropriate number might vary depending on extroversion. I think it should also vary by situation. A student in an average year might meet 20 new people who might be interested in hearing about EA stuff. Someone who works in a steady job in a small company and has young kids might not meet any. A nice thing about donate 10% is that it applies across the board and scales to people’s incomes. This sort of thing doesn’t.
I don’t think you’re doing a strong version of this, but I’m still worried about frames which can slip into ‘I should persuade people to think like me’. I think this is particularly likely when the frame is ‘introduce people to EA’, rather than ‘if I meet someone who I think might be interested in AI safety, then chatting about that is a natural, normal, and fun thing to do. Maybe they find it interesting and helpful; if so, good’. The latter thing just seems unproblematic and good to me; if people in the EA community aren’t doing enough of this at the margin for some reason then pushing for more of it seems correct. The former I’m a bit wary of, though clearly some versions of it are good.
Personally I’m a bit wary of things like this. A few reactions:
You mention that the appropriate number might vary depending on extroversion. I think it should also vary by situation. A student in an average year might meet 20 new people who might be interested in hearing about EA stuff. Someone who works in a steady job in a small company and has young kids might not meet any. A nice thing about donate 10% is that it applies across the board and scales to people’s incomes. This sort of thing doesn’t.
I don’t think you’re doing a strong version of this, but I’m still worried about frames which can slip into ‘I should persuade people to think like me’. I think this is particularly likely when the frame is ‘introduce people to EA’, rather than ‘if I meet someone who I think might be interested in AI safety, then chatting about that is a natural, normal, and fun thing to do. Maybe they find it interesting and helpful; if so, good’. The latter thing just seems unproblematic and good to me; if people in the EA community aren’t doing enough of this at the margin for some reason then pushing for more of it seems correct. The former I’m a bit wary of, though clearly some versions of it are good.