>which means that what everyone else is doing doesn’t matter all that much
Earning to give still matters a moderate amount. That’s mostly what I’m doing. I’m saying that average EA should start with the outside view that they can’t do better than earning to give, and then attempt some more difficult analysis to figure out how they compare to average.
And it’s presumably possible to matter more than the average earning to give EA, by devoting above-average thought to vetting new charities.
>which means that what everyone else is doing doesn’t matter all that much
Earning to give still matters a moderate amount. That’s mostly what I’m doing. I’m saying that average EA should start with the outside view that they can’t do better than earning to give, and then attempt some more difficult analysis to figure out how they compare to average.
And it’s presumably possible to matter more than the average earning to give EA, by devoting above-average thought to vetting new charities.