One of course needs to also look at people who achieve the least (or otherwise have bad lives) to avoid selecting on the dependent variable.
I agree you want to avoid selecting on the dependent variable, but I think for the reference class of 80k listeners you primarily want to look at people who accomplish a bit (e.g. people who only do some EA stuff) vs people who accomplish much more.
I agree, I hypothesize most people of his time period, intelligence and social class are a) less self-critical and b) have substantially lower positive moral impact.
I agree you want to avoid selecting on the dependent variable, but I think for the reference class of 80k listeners you primarily want to look at people who accomplish a bit (e.g. people who only do some EA stuff) vs people who accomplish much more.
I agree, I hypothesize most people of his time period, intelligence and social class are a) less self-critical and b) have substantially lower positive moral impact.