But this also means if you donate 50% and spend 50% of your free time effectively (like I try to do), you would be a 100% EA
If you gave 60% of your income would that make you a 110% EA? If so, I think that mostly just highlights that this metric should not be taken too seriously. (I was going to criticize it on more technical grounds, but I think to do so would be to give legitimacy to the idea that people should compare their own “numbers” with each other, which seems likely to be to be a bad idea)
Correct—to make this physically realistic (not able to exceed 100%), you would need to say that someone who donates 10% of money and does no volunteering is dedicating 5% of their total “potential effort.” But it is more intuitive to say that GWWC is a “10%” EA.
If you gave 60% of your income would that make you a 110% EA? If so, I think that mostly just highlights that this metric should not be taken too seriously. (I was going to criticize it on more technical grounds, but I think to do so would be to give legitimacy to the idea that people should compare their own “numbers” with each other, which seems likely to be to be a bad idea)
Correct—to make this physically realistic (not able to exceed 100%), you would need to say that someone who donates 10% of money and does no volunteering is dedicating 5% of their total “potential effort.” But it is more intuitive to say that GWWC is a “10%” EA.