I appreciate that you took the time to explain your perspective, and I am sorry to hear that you feel as you do. I think it is understandable and I sympathise.
Hopefully things improve and I think that they will.
Some very quick thoughts:
Even if you don’t feel part of the community, then you should perhaps still consider keeping an EA identity on the level of values.
For instance, you could continue to believe that you should i) try to do good and ii) try to do it effectively—arguably the core values that underpin EA as a philosophy.
I think that these are rare and admirable values and that EA is just one (though maybe the best) label of many that people use to communicate that they have them.
I don’t identify very strongly with the EA community, but I identify strongly with the core values as I see them.
I appreciate that you took the time to explain your perspective, and I am sorry to hear that you feel as you do. I think it is understandable and I sympathise.
Hopefully things improve and I think that they will.
Some very quick thoughts:
Even if you don’t feel part of the community, then you should perhaps still consider keeping an EA identity on the level of values.
For instance, you could continue to believe that you should i) try to do good and ii) try to do it effectively—arguably the core values that underpin EA as a philosophy.
I think that these are rare and admirable values and that EA is just one (though maybe the best) label of many that people use to communicate that they have them.
I don’t identify very strongly with the EA community, but I identify strongly with the core values as I see them.