I liked this and felt all points were reasonable, except for this one:
“I think even the best possible version of the EA community is not far from what we have now.”
I strongly disagree if this is meant literally, ie. including possible future versions. I imagine if EA’s development continues for multiple decades, which I believe it can, then that future EA would look far more impressive than current EA.
Alternatively, if it only means “given when and where it started, we’re in one of the best timeline with respect to the EA community so far”, that might be up for debate.
But given the context, it seems only the first makes sense? Actually on re-reading the passage, I’m not sure how this statement connects to the rest of the paragraph.
I liked this and felt all points were reasonable, except for this one:
“I think even the best possible version of the EA community is not far from what we have now.”
I strongly disagree if this is meant literally, ie. including possible future versions. I imagine if EA’s development continues for multiple decades, which I believe it can, then that future EA would look far more impressive than current EA.
Alternatively, if it only means “given when and where it started, we’re in one of the best timeline with respect to the EA community so far”, that might be up for debate.
But given the context, it seems only the first makes sense? Actually on re-reading the passage, I’m not sure how this statement connects to the rest of the paragraph.