If the intellectual project is too taxing in an otherwise busy life (work, family, other interests etc), I’m not sure there’s a way to meaningfully re-engage the old-hand EAs.
This seems plausible to me. EA should be a community organized around doing the intellectual project, not a random social club.
(On the other hand, I am doing an EA activity, namely giving away money effectively. But there’s not much to talk about with that!)
So I think a very relevant question is just: is it actually useful or desirable to “retain” people like me? It depends on what we want the EA community to look like.
This seems plausible to me. EA should be a community organized around doing the intellectual project, not a random social club.
(On the other hand, I am doing an EA activity, namely giving away money effectively. But there’s not much to talk about with that!)
So I think a very relevant question is just: is it actually useful or desirable to “retain” people like me? It depends on what we want the EA community to look like.