This is a super interesting and inspiring post. Are you able to expand a bit about what you mean concretely by leadership? It’s such a broad term that sometimes people are using different definitions of.
Are you able to expand a bit more on what you mean in “ I also think the subculture is stronger (and stranger) than many highly-committed EAs understand.”
I just mean leadership in the most generic way; as in those that lead teams, organizations, hold government positions, etc.
Are you able to expand a bit more on what you mean in “ I also think the subculture is stronger (and stranger) than many highly-committed EAs understand.”
That would be a really long post. There’s the stated values of EA (which as I said are relatively sensible and uncontroversial), and the reality of actually interacting with EA. I read some comment on the forum (I can’t find it) that was talking about how EA in its current form is actually an amalgamation of several like-minded movements/organizations (Givewell, rationalism community, etc.) and that really helped me understand the culture a lot better. I’d also say this post hits a lot of the highlights.
This is a super interesting and inspiring post. Are you able to expand a bit about what you mean concretely by leadership? It’s such a broad term that sometimes people are using different definitions of.
Are you able to expand a bit more on what you mean in “ I also think the subculture is stronger (and stranger) than many highly-committed EAs understand.”
I just mean leadership in the most generic way; as in those that lead teams, organizations, hold government positions, etc.
That would be a really long post. There’s the stated values of EA (which as I said are relatively sensible and uncontroversial), and the reality of actually interacting with EA. I read some comment on the forum (I can’t find it) that was talking about how EA in its current form is actually an amalgamation of several like-minded movements/organizations (Givewell, rationalism community, etc.) and that really helped me understand the culture a lot better. I’d also say this post hits a lot of the highlights.
Ah ok I think I misunderstood then—I thought by ‘highly committed EAs’ you meant people already involved in those organisations/communities