I definitely feel lucky to be at such a fortunate time in history when absolute poverty is so much lower than it has been over the millennia past, and when we have the chance for so much less suffering and more happiness than ever before. I also really appreciate being part of the EA community. This year’s isolation has really brought home to me how much it means to me to be surrounded every day by kind people working for the same goal.
I’m less sure of the specific framing of ‘EA as an opportunity’, because so much of EA is about preventing suffering or destruction. Without those being a possibility, we wouldn’t be able to work to prevent them. But I wouldn’t want to imply that their possibility is a good thing. So I guess I might rather say that, given the state of the world, being part of this community feels like a true gift.
I definitely feel lucky to be at such a fortunate time in history when absolute poverty is so much lower than it has been over the millennia past, and when we have the chance for so much less suffering and more happiness than ever before. I also really appreciate being part of the EA community. This year’s isolation has really brought home to me how much it means to me to be surrounded every day by kind people working for the same goal.
I’m less sure of the specific framing of ‘EA as an opportunity’, because so much of EA is about preventing suffering or destruction. Without those being a possibility, we wouldn’t be able to work to prevent them. But I wouldn’t want to imply that their possibility is a good thing. So I guess I might rather say that, given the state of the world, being part of this community feels like a true gift.