It’s easy to get jaded about this, but in many ways I find the EA community genuinely inspirational. I’m sometimes reminded of this when I hear about a new good thing EAs have done, and at EA Global, and when new EAs from far-away countries reach out to me with a specific research or career question. At heart, the EA community is a community of thousands of people, many of whom are here because they genuinely want to do the most good, impartially construed, and are actively willing to use reason and evidence to get there. This is important, and rare, and I think too easily forgotten.
I think it’s helpful to think about a few things you’re grateful for in the community (and perhaps even your specific interlocutors) before engaging in heated discourse.
Some gratitude for the existing community
It’s easy to get jaded about this, but in many ways I find the EA community genuinely inspirational. I’m sometimes reminded of this when I hear about a new good thing EAs have done, and at EA Global, and when new EAs from far-away countries reach out to me with a specific research or career question. At heart, the EA community is a community of thousands of people, many of whom are here because they genuinely want to do the most good, impartially construed, and are actively willing to use reason and evidence to get there. This is important, and rare, and I think too easily forgotten.
I think it’s helpful to think about a few things you’re grateful for in the community (and perhaps even your specific interlocutors) before engaging in heated discourse.
Your forum contributions in recent months and this thread in particular 🙏🙏🙏