If being thoughtful, sincere and selfless is a core value, it seems like it would be more of a problem if influential people in the community felt they had to embrace the label even if they didn’t think it was valuable or accurate
I suspect a lot of the ‘EA adjacent’ description comes from question marks about particular characteristics EA stances or image rather than doubting some of their friends could benefit from participating in the community, and that part of that is less a rejection of EA altogether and more an acknowledgement they often find themselves at least as closely aligned with people doing great work outside the community.
(Fwiw I technically fit into the “adjacent” bracket from the other side: never been significantly active in the community, like some of its ideas and values—many of which I believed in before ‘EA’ was a thing—and don’t identify with or disagree with other ideas commonly associated with EA, so it wouldn’t really make much sense to call myself an EA)
If being thoughtful, sincere and selfless is a core value, it seems like it would be more of a problem if influential people in the community felt they had to embrace the label even if they didn’t think it was valuable or accurate
I suspect a lot of the ‘EA adjacent’ description comes from question marks about particular characteristics EA stances or image rather than doubting some of their friends could benefit from participating in the community, and that part of that is less a rejection of EA altogether and more an acknowledgement they often find themselves at least as closely aligned with people doing great work outside the community.
(Fwiw I technically fit into the “adjacent” bracket from the other side: never been significantly active in the community, like some of its ideas and values—many of which I believed in before ‘EA’ was a thing—and don’t identify with or disagree with other ideas commonly associated with EA, so it wouldn’t really make much sense to call myself an EA)