I think there’s a need to separate out an effective giving movement (which should and can be enormous) from a more careers based / direct impact focused effective altruism movement (which probably can’t become enormous)
Given the historical origin of the term, the directly impactful careers folks are probably the ones who would need a new name. And while I think organizations are already specialized or specializing along the lines of careers and direct impact versus funding and socialization between members, I don’t really think that it makes sense to split a movement or philosophical orientation by the methods used to pursue the goals.
I think effective giving and high impact careers aren’t just methods to pursue the same goals, but are also different levels of commitment to doing good / are on different levels of moral demandingness.
I think some people will see the high impact career focus in EA and will consider career changes to be a big sacrifice, and so will feel alienated and not engage with EA at all, even though they could have taken up effective giving if they had come across it separately.
I think there’s a need to separate out an effective giving movement (which should and can be enormous) from a more careers based / direct impact focused effective altruism movement (which probably can’t become enormous)
Given the historical origin of the term, the directly impactful careers folks are probably the ones who would need a new name. And while I think organizations are already specialized or specializing along the lines of careers and direct impact versus funding and socialization between members, I don’t really think that it makes sense to split a movement or philosophical orientation by the methods used to pursue the goals.
I think effective giving and high impact careers aren’t just methods to pursue the same goals, but are also different levels of commitment to doing good / are on different levels of moral demandingness.
I think some people will see the high impact career focus in EA and will consider career changes to be a big sacrifice, and so will feel alienated and not engage with EA at all, even though they could have taken up effective giving if they had come across it separately.