<<I also know about a handful of people who have ‘jumped ship’; who, after spending many hundreds of hours working on effective altruism causes, have concluded that they are too disillusioned with the ship’s direction to stay on board and no longer wish to associate with the movement. These are not people who were never going to become highly engaged in the community in the first place. They are people who have contributed enormously to the effective altruism project and could have continued if they had been more confident in its ability to move in the right direction.>>
I’d love to hear more about this. What were these people’s concerns? What sorts of things are they doing now that seem better? These questions seem relevant both to rowing and steering.
(For context, I don’t know people like this. Maybe they know about important arguments I don’t. Should I jump ship too?)
<<I also know about a handful of people who have ‘jumped ship’; who, after spending many hundreds of hours working on effective altruism causes, have concluded that they are too disillusioned with the ship’s direction to stay on board and no longer wish to associate with the movement. These are not people who were never going to become highly engaged in the community in the first place. They are people who have contributed enormously to the effective altruism project and could have continued if they had been more confident in its ability to move in the right direction.>>
I’d love to hear more about this. What were these people’s concerns? What sorts of things are they doing now that seem better? These questions seem relevant both to rowing and steering.
(For context, I don’t know people like this. Maybe they know about important arguments I don’t. Should I jump ship too?)