I thought this was a surprisingly good article! Many journalists get unreasonably snarky about EA topics (e.g., insinuate that people who work in technology are out of touch awkward nerds who could never improve the world; suggest EA is cult-like; make fun of people for caring about literally anything besides climate change and poverty). This journalist took EA ideas seriously, talked about the personal psychological impact of being an EA, and correctly (imo) portrayed the ideas and mindsets of a bunch of central people in the EA movement.
I think it helps that the journalist had been aware of EA since 2013 and taken the GWWC pledge in 2014 even if they hadn’t been involved in the community that much.
Definitely!!!! A lot of journalists seem to cover topics they don’t really understand (mainstream media coverage of things like nuclear power or cryptocurrency can be particularly painful), so it was awesome to read something written by a person who gets the basic philosophy.
I thought this was a surprisingly good article! Many journalists get unreasonably snarky about EA topics (e.g., insinuate that people who work in technology are out of touch awkward nerds who could never improve the world; suggest EA is cult-like; make fun of people for caring about literally anything besides climate change and poverty). This journalist took EA ideas seriously, talked about the personal psychological impact of being an EA, and correctly (imo) portrayed the ideas and mindsets of a bunch of central people in the EA movement.
I think it helps that the journalist had been aware of EA since 2013 and taken the GWWC pledge in 2014 even if they hadn’t been involved in the community that much.
Definitely!!!! A lot of journalists seem to cover topics they don’t really understand (mainstream media coverage of things like nuclear power or cryptocurrency can be particularly painful), so it was awesome to read something written by a person who gets the basic philosophy.