Personally, my involvement with EA has been important for increasing my moral ambition. I have learned that I can both live a good life and contribute meaningfully to the world.
One thing that changed is that nowadays I’m much less certain about the correctness of opinions that are mainstream in EA. EA’s focus has shifted away from rigorous RCTs towards counting neurons and funding speculative AI Safety interventions.
I interact with EA as a community of friendly ambitious nerds, but I also find enjoyment in public sector nerds, burners, the tech scene, etc.
I agree, generalist EA content is kind of boring to me now.
Good post!
Personally, my involvement with EA has been important for increasing my moral ambition. I have learned that I can both live a good life and contribute meaningfully to the world.
One thing that changed is that nowadays I’m much less certain about the correctness of opinions that are mainstream in EA. EA’s focus has shifted away from rigorous RCTs towards counting neurons and funding speculative AI Safety interventions.
I interact with EA as a community of friendly ambitious nerds, but I also find enjoyment in public sector nerds, burners, the tech scene, etc.
I agree, generalist EA content is kind of boring to me now.