I always interpreted the 10% as a goal, not a requirement for EA. That’s a pretty high portion for a lot of people. I worry that making that sound like a cutoff makes EA seem even more inaccessible.
The way I had interpreted the community message was more like “an EA is someone that thinks about where their giving would be most effective or spends time working on the world’s most pressing problems.”
If you donate 10% of your income to an EA organization, you are an EA. No matter how much you make. No exceptions.
This should be (and I think is?) our current message.
I always interpreted the 10% as a goal, not a requirement for EA. That’s a pretty high portion for a lot of people. I worry that making that sound like a cutoff makes EA seem even more inaccessible.
The way I had interpreted the community message was more like “an EA is someone that thinks about where their giving would be most effective or spends time working on the world’s most pressing problems.”
I agree that it should be! Just not sure it is, at least not for everyone