If I recall correctly, this was not your position several years ago , when we talked about this more(circa 2015, 2016 or so). Which is not too surprising—I mean I sure hope I changed a lot in the intervening years!
But assuming my memory of this is correct, do you recall when you made this shift, and the core reasons for it? Interested if there’s a short/fast way to retrace your intellectual journey so that other people might make the relevant updates.
Interesting! I don’t remember what position I held years ago, but I assume this is about the name of the group we ran? I legitimately don’t remember whether it was “Epic Effective Altruism” or “Epic Effective Altruists”.
If it was the latter, I don’t think I had a strong view in favor of “altruists” — it just felt like the default name to use and I doubt I thought twice about it. (I’m pretty sure this is long before I ever read “EA is a question, not an ideology” or similar posts.)
The first time I saw someone express reservations about the term “effective altruist”, I imagine that would have shifted my position quickly, since I don’t think I had a strong prior either way. But if that’s also not what you remember… well, fill me in, because much of that time is a blur for me now :-P
If I recall correctly, this was not your position several years ago , when we talked about this more(circa 2015, 2016 or so). Which is not too surprising—I mean I sure hope I changed a lot in the intervening years!
But assuming my memory of this is correct, do you recall when you made this shift, and the core reasons for it? Interested if there’s a short/fast way to retrace your intellectual journey so that other people might make the relevant updates.
Interesting! I don’t remember what position I held years ago, but I assume this is about the name of the group we ran? I legitimately don’t remember whether it was “Epic Effective Altruism” or “Epic Effective Altruists”.
If it was the latter, I don’t think I had a strong view in favor of “altruists” — it just felt like the default name to use and I doubt I thought twice about it. (I’m pretty sure this is long before I ever read “EA is a question, not an ideology” or similar posts.)
The first time I saw someone express reservations about the term “effective altruist”, I imagine that would have shifted my position quickly, since I don’t think I had a strong prior either way. But if that’s also not what you remember… well, fill me in, because much of that time is a blur for me now :-P
(In case anyone reads Aaron’s comment and is unfamiliar with that post, here’s the link.)