On the forum in particular and in EA discourse in general, there is a tendency to give less weight/be more critical of posts that are more emotion-heavy and less rational.
The world, in general, is less rational and more emotion-driven than most of us would consider optimal.
EA pushes back against this trend, and as such is far more on the calculating side than the emotional side. This is good—but the correct amount of emotion is not zero, and it’s quite easy for people like us who try to be more calculatory to over-index on calculation, and forget to feel either empathy OR compassion for others. It can be true that the world is too emotion-driven, while a specific group isn’t emotion-driven enough. Whether that’s true of EA or not...I’m not sure.
You say that like it is a bad thing. I would suggest reading [Against Empathy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Against_Empathy#Empathy_versus_Compassion) to understand why it is a very good thing.
We need less emotion-driven decisions and more rational decisions, that is the whole point of EA.
The world, in general, is less rational and more emotion-driven than most of us would consider optimal.
EA pushes back against this trend, and as such is far more on the calculating side than the emotional side. This is good—but the correct amount of emotion is not zero, and it’s quite easy for people like us who try to be more calculatory to over-index on calculation, and forget to feel either empathy OR compassion for others. It can be true that the world is too emotion-driven, while a specific group isn’t emotion-driven enough. Whether that’s true of EA or not...I’m not sure.