Thanks for pointing this out! I could have been more clear with what I was saying. For con #1, I meant that people might think the following:
P1. EAs are rich people.
P2. EAs have their own unique set of interests that are different from those of the poor people in their own country.
P3. EAs encourage poor people in their own country to save money so that they can donate money to support the interests of EAs.
C1. EAs are rich people who think their own interests matter more than the interests of poor people in their own country.
C2. EAs are elitists.
In regards to promoting frugality for everyone, I would be curious to see that universe. It seems unlikely that it would take off since it wouldn’t have much value to self-interested agents, and people seem to be generally pretty self-interested (at least in the US). If it comes to exists though, I’ll be excited to live in it!
Thanks for pointing this out! I could have been more clear with what I was saying. For con #1, I meant that people might think the following:
P1. EAs are rich people.
P2. EAs have their own unique set of interests that are different from those of the poor people in their own country.
P3. EAs encourage poor people in their own country to save money so that they can donate money to support the interests of EAs.
C1. EAs are rich people who think their own interests matter more than the interests of poor people in their own country.
C2. EAs are elitists.
In regards to promoting frugality for everyone, I would be curious to see that universe. It seems unlikely that it would take off since it wouldn’t have much value to self-interested agents, and people seem to be generally pretty self-interested (at least in the US). If it comes to exists though, I’ll be excited to live in it!