Cool idea with the workshop :-) I think Julia Wise is putting together a template Self Care event for EA group organisers, if there are any takeaways you’d like to share with her.
I think I experience something similar to what you do with Representing EA. I have always hated doing anything that resembles a pitch, and unfortunately I think people usually can see my heart sink when they say, “So tell me more about effective altruism.” Actually the last time I was asked to do something like this, my list of caveats, clarifications and nuances was getting so long that I consciously skipped one and when this later became apparent I got cut off with ”—because you were trying to manipulate me?” In some ways, I think online is higher fidelity than offline. Conversation doesn’t have footnotes ;-)
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Cool idea with the workshop :-) I think Julia Wise is putting together a template Self Care event for EA group organisers, if there are any takeaways you’d like to share with her.
I think I experience something similar to what you do with Representing EA. I have always hated doing anything that resembles a pitch, and unfortunately I think people usually can see my heart sink when they say, “So tell me more about effective altruism.” Actually the last time I was asked to do something like this, my list of caveats, clarifications and nuances was getting so long that I consciously skipped one and when this later became apparent I got cut off with ”—because you were trying to manipulate me?” In some ways, I think online is higher fidelity than offline. Conversation doesn’t have footnotes ;-)