I had sort of the same reaction. To me, “doing the most good” is something I live by. I don’t identify as EA, but as altruistic.
I find it sort of interesting when people refer to the “EA community” and make efforts to change it. I mean, they’re not wrong, but from another perspective, the “EA community” is almost an overgeneralization. Like for instance there are animal rights activists, longtermists, and climate change activists all getting to know each other through EA. There are going to be toxic people or cliques, and it’s sort of weird to say “EA is ____” when plenty of people “within EA” have never met each other and have nothing to do with each other.
Just some thoughts. I don’t disagree with the original post.
I had sort of the same reaction. To me, “doing the most good” is something I live by. I don’t identify as EA, but as altruistic.
I find it sort of interesting when people refer to the “EA community” and make efforts to change it. I mean, they’re not wrong, but from another perspective, the “EA community” is almost an overgeneralization. Like for instance there are animal rights activists, longtermists, and climate change activists all getting to know each other through EA. There are going to be toxic people or cliques, and it’s sort of weird to say “EA is ____” when plenty of people “within EA” have never met each other and have nothing to do with each other.
Just some thoughts. I don’t disagree with the original post.