Thanks for the post! I think it provides an interesting (and data-driven!) counterexample to the narratives of neuroticism/scrupulosity around the EA community.
One thing that I would really be interested in is how this issue would look in a survey of people who once identified as EA but no longer do so, since I agree that those who leave EA due to bad experiences are probably underrepresented in this data. As you say, EA isn’t one-size-fits-all, so insofar as people are selecting out that doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a huge problem—but I’m still curious to see what those numbers would look like!
Turns out Rethink Priorities have been funded by EA Funds to work on something that could shed some light on this question. I’m looking forward to hearing how they get on at gathering survey respondents and seeing the results they get.
Thanks for the post! I think it provides an interesting (and data-driven!) counterexample to the narratives of neuroticism/scrupulosity around the EA community.
One thing that I would really be interested in is how this issue would look in a survey of people who once identified as EA but no longer do so, since I agree that those who leave EA due to bad experiences are probably underrepresented in this data. As you say, EA isn’t one-size-fits-all, so insofar as people are selecting out that doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a huge problem—but I’m still curious to see what those numbers would look like!
Turns out Rethink Priorities have been funded by EA Funds to work on something that could shed some light on this question. I’m looking forward to hearing how they get on at gathering survey respondents and seeing the results they get.
Very cool! I wasn’t aware of this and am also interested to see how it goes.