I share Tom’s feeling of being struck by this. As someone who is relatively young and undecided, I would appreciate more people arguing for their own causes/paths. I agree there is a happy medium here, and I would likely put it in a place of, “People who focus on a particular cause publicly state their reasoning and welcome critique, but don’t actively try to ‘convert’ others unless invited to do so.” I would love to hear such reasoning (with critique) from many EAs.
I share Tom’s feeling of being struck by this. As someone who is relatively young and undecided, I would appreciate more people arguing for their own causes/paths. I agree there is a happy medium here, and I would likely put it in a place of, “People who focus on a particular cause publicly state their reasoning and welcome critique, but don’t actively try to ‘convert’ others unless invited to do so.” I would love to hear such reasoning (with critique) from many EAs.