I mostly agree with the core claim. Here’s how I’d put related points:
Impact is related to productivity, not doing-your-best.
Praiseworthiness is related to doing-your-best, not productivity.
But doing-your-best involves maximizing productivity.
Increasing hours-worked doesn’t necessarily increase long-run productivity. (But it’s somewhat suspiciously convenient to claim that it doesn’t, and for many people it would.)
I agree with all those points. One additional point I was trying to make is that it’s okay to trade off some impact for your own happiness.
I think the EA community would benefit on the margin from moving more in the personal happiness direction. (Probably the general population would benefit from moving more in the impact direction, but my audience is heavily EA-skewed.)
I mostly agree with the core claim. Here’s how I’d put related points:
Impact is related to productivity, not doing-your-best.
Praiseworthiness is related to doing-your-best, not productivity.
But doing-your-best involves maximizing productivity.
Increasing hours-worked doesn’t necessarily increase long-run productivity. (But it’s somewhat suspiciously convenient to claim that it doesn’t, and for many people it would.)
I agree with all those points. One additional point I was trying to make is that it’s okay to trade off some impact for your own happiness.
I think the EA community would benefit on the margin from moving more in the personal happiness direction. (Probably the general population would benefit from moving more in the impact direction, but my audience is heavily EA-skewed.)