It seems like you may have more insight than anyone else on whether you should go into philosophy. If you have a high-impact idea or set of ideas that you think you can contribute, perhaps you can go in. Before MacAskill and Ord, I don’t think many people thought there was an applicable and useful argument to be made in philosophy, but they proved that wrong.
The returns of philosophy are often not seen immediately. It was philosophers, after all, who brought us consequentialism. Without consequentialism, it is doubtful that EA exists. However, there is still a remaining question as to whether future philosophical breakthroughs will have as wide of an impact or if the insight will be far more technical in nature.
It seems like you may have more insight than anyone else on whether you should go into philosophy. If you have a high-impact idea or set of ideas that you think you can contribute, perhaps you can go in. Before MacAskill and Ord, I don’t think many people thought there was an applicable and useful argument to be made in philosophy, but they proved that wrong.
The returns of philosophy are often not seen immediately. It was philosophers, after all, who brought us consequentialism. Without consequentialism, it is doubtful that EA exists. However, there is still a remaining question as to whether future philosophical breakthroughs will have as wide of an impact or if the insight will be far more technical in nature.