Yep, it’s definitely an important consideration that points in that direction! I’m not sure what the balance of arguments favors here, though I lean toward thinking it’s good EA is a thing.
Since people have different visions of what they’d like EA to become, I think the best option is for people to articulate their visions and argue for them, and then we can try to converge; and to the extent we persistently disagree, we try to negotiate and plan some fair compromise. (Keeping in mind that it’s hard to bind a huge informal community/movement to anything, no matter how much a small subset wants to negotiate a specific plan!)
Yep, it’s definitely an important consideration that points in that direction! I’m not sure what the balance of arguments favors here, though I lean toward thinking it’s good EA is a thing.
Since people have different visions of what they’d like EA to become, I think the best option is for people to articulate their visions and argue for them, and then we can try to converge; and to the extent we persistently disagree, we try to negotiate and plan some fair compromise. (Keeping in mind that it’s hard to bind a huge informal community/movement to anything, no matter how much a small subset wants to negotiate a specific plan!)