My friend Cullen once said something like “It’s good for the world to have at least one group of people committed to doing good as such.” At first I was like “Why?” but now I think I understand.
In war, it’s generally a good idea to hold back some of your force as reserves. That way as the battle progresses and you get more information about which parts are doing well and poorly, you can send in the reserves to wherever they are needed most.
In the War On Bad Things, EAs are the reserves. They are much more capable of pivoting to different cause areas, projects, etc. as needed, and they are explicitly trying to go where they are most needed (as opposed to most other groups, which are doing the equivalent of trying to take hill X or hold line Z or whatever)
My friend Cullen once said something like “It’s good for the world to have at least one group of people committed to doing good as such.” At first I was like “Why?” but now I think I understand.
In war, it’s generally a good idea to hold back some of your force as reserves. That way as the battle progresses and you get more information about which parts are doing well and poorly, you can send in the reserves to wherever they are needed most.
In the War On Bad Things, EAs are the reserves. They are much more capable of pivoting to different cause areas, projects, etc. as needed, and they are explicitly trying to go where they are most needed (as opposed to most other groups, which are doing the equivalent of trying to take hill X or hold line Z or whatever)