Realizing that what drove me to EA was largely wanting to “feel like I could help people” and not, “help the most beings.” This leads me to, for example, really be into helping as many people as I can individually help flourish (at the expense of selecting for people who might be able to make the most impact)*.
This feels like a useful specification of my “A” side and how/why the “E” side is something I should work on!
*A more useful reframing of this is to put it into impact terms. Do I think the best way to make impact is to
(1) find the right contexts/problems wherein a given person can have an outsized impact
(2) focus on specific people that I think have the highest chance of having an outsized impact?
Realizing that what drove me to EA was largely wanting to “feel like I could help people” and not, “help the most beings.” This leads me to, for example, really be into helping as many people as I can individually help flourish (at the expense of selecting for people who might be able to make the most impact)*.
This feels like a useful specification of my “A” side and how/why the “E” side is something I should work on!
*A more useful reframing of this is to put it into impact terms. Do I think the best way to make impact is to
(1) find the right contexts/problems wherein a given person can have an outsized impact
(2) focus on specific people that I think have the highest chance of having an outsized impact?