I’m totally on board with “if the broader world thought more like EAs that would be good”, which seems like the thrust of your comment. My claim was limited to the directional advice I would give EAs.
Yea, fair point. Maybe this is just reference class tennis, but my impression is that a majority of people who consider themselves EAs aren’t significantly prioritizing impact in their career and donation decisions, but I agree that for the subset of EAs who do, that “heroic responsibility”/going overboard can be fraught.
Some things that come to mind include how often EAs seem to work long hours/on weekends; how willing EAs are to do higher impact work when salaries are lower, when it’s less intellectually stimulating, more stressful, etc; how many EAs are willing to donate a large portion of their income; how many EAs think about prioritization and population ethics very rigorously; etc. I’m very appreciative of how much more I see these in EA world than outside it, and I realize the above are unreasonable to expect from people.
I’m totally on board with “if the broader world thought more like EAs that would be good”, which seems like the thrust of your comment. My claim was limited to the directional advice I would give EAs.
Yea, fair point. Maybe this is just reference class tennis, but my impression is that a majority of people who consider themselves EAs aren’t significantly prioritizing impact in their career and donation decisions, but I agree that for the subset of EAs who do, that “heroic responsibility”/going overboard can be fraught.
Some things that come to mind include how often EAs seem to work long hours/on weekends; how willing EAs are to do higher impact work when salaries are lower, when it’s less intellectually stimulating, more stressful, etc; how many EAs are willing to donate a large portion of their income; how many EAs think about prioritization and population ethics very rigorously; etc. I’m very appreciative of how much more I see these in EA world than outside it, and I realize the above are unreasonable to expect from people.