the ‘bar’ for making useful direct contributions is almost always higher than the ‘bar’ for joining an EA student group
I agree with this in principle, but to me it excludes something important. I’d suggest that a good path to making useful direct contributions is to start off by trying to make useful direct contributions and failing. I’d think a good amount of undergrads would be suited for this and would learn something important from the process (even if they learn that they’re not suited for it). I’d love to see local groups encourage this more.
I agree with this in principle, but to me it excludes something important. I’d suggest that a good path to making useful direct contributions is to start off by trying to make useful direct contributions and failing. I’d think a good amount of undergrads would be suited for this and would learn something important from the process (even if they learn that they’re not suited for it). I’d love to see local groups encourage this more.