I kinda think that “I’m an EA/he’s an EA/etc” is mega-cringey (a bad combo of arrogant + opaque acryonym + tribal)
It sounds like you think it’s bad that people have identified their lives with trying to help people as much as they can? Like, people like Julia Wise and Toby Ord shouldn’t have made it part of their life identity to do the most good they can do. They shouldn’t have said “I’m that sort of person” but they should have said “This is one of my interests”.
I also find that a bit cringy. To me, the issue is saying “I have SUCCEEDED at being effective at altruism”, which feels like a high bar and somewhat arrogant to explicitly admit to
It sounds like you think it’s bad that people have identified their lives with trying to help people as much as they can? Like, people like Julia Wise and Toby Ord shouldn’t have made it part of their life identity to do the most good they can do. They shouldn’t have said “I’m that sort of person” but they should have said “This is one of my interests”.
I also find that a bit cringy. To me, the issue is saying “I have SUCCEEDED at being effective at altruism”, which feels like a high bar and somewhat arrogant to explicitly admit to