“Full time” and “part time” do sound less judgmental than the other terms (actually I’m not so confident about about that, calling someone a “part time EA” seems pretty dismissive).
But they seem to misdescribe the concept we’re actually talking about: you can be a full time EA worker and pretty casual, low-sacrifice-level and conversely you can be part time and super-dedicated, enormously self-sacrificial.
actually I’m not so confident about about that, calling someone a “part time EA” seems pretty dismissive
I disagree. I think most part-time EAs would be happy to admit that they don’t try to do the most good with anywhere close to all of their time or resources. If they’re not then, as Rob says, this is an inevitable result of their not being happy to admit what they actually do.
As to this being a distinct concept from full-time EA workers, I think we can make that clear. It’s not a perfect one but a better one hasn’t been suggested.
“Full time” and “part time” do sound less judgmental than the other terms (actually I’m not so confident about about that, calling someone a “part time EA” seems pretty dismissive). But they seem to misdescribe the concept we’re actually talking about: you can be a full time EA worker and pretty casual, low-sacrifice-level and conversely you can be part time and super-dedicated, enormously self-sacrificial.
I disagree. I think most part-time EAs would be happy to admit that they don’t try to do the most good with anywhere close to all of their time or resources. If they’re not then, as Rob says, this is an inevitable result of their not being happy to admit what they actually do.
As to this being a distinct concept from full-time EA workers, I think we can make that clear. It’s not a perfect one but a better one hasn’t been suggested.