As a college dropout from the SF Bay Area EA/rationalist community where it’s common for people at parties (including non-EA/rationalist parties) to brag about who dropped out of school earliest, I’ve never really grokked some people’s impression that EA is highly credentialist.
As a college dropout from the SF Bay Area EA/rationalist community where it’s common for people at parties (including non-EA/rationalist parties) to brag about who dropped out of school earliest, I’ve never really grokked some people’s impression that EA is highly credentialist.
If you’re privileged in other ways, it’s easier to get away with dropping out (or even use it as a countersignal). It’s an intersectional issue.
Right. I’m also “literally a highschool dropout” and am studying for my master’s.
Yes, seems like clear self-selection of people who enjoy schooling.