I have often noticed people conflating these four qualities (impact, ideological commitment, community involvement, and hard work) and I appreciate you listing them explicitly.
My problem isn’t with the term “hardcore EA” itself. I just think there are a lot of people in the community that feel like the most good a person can do is get a job at an EA organisation, make a bunch of EA friends, and work as much as they can. I think even people who wouldn’t endorse this view on reflection might feel like it subconsciously. I disagree with this pretty strongly and think almost all of the most impactful opportunities for doing good are outside of the EA community.
So I don’t want to ban the term. In my perfect world, instead we’d have a deeper cultural change where people don’t conflate impact with EA involvement because that’s not what they actually believe.
I have often noticed people conflating these four qualities (impact, ideological commitment, community involvement, and hard work) and I appreciate you listing them explicitly.
My problem isn’t with the term “hardcore EA” itself. I just think there are a lot of people in the community that feel like the most good a person can do is get a job at an EA organisation, make a bunch of EA friends, and work as much as they can. I think even people who wouldn’t endorse this view on reflection might feel like it subconsciously. I disagree with this pretty strongly and think almost all of the most impactful opportunities for doing good are outside of the EA community.
So I don’t want to ban the term. In my perfect world, instead we’d have a deeper cultural change where people don’t conflate impact with EA involvement because that’s not what they actually believe.