If you tell the leading EA people that you are really only interested in helping save children’s lives in Africa, they will give you funny looks.
I’m really surprised to read this! I guess this points strongly towards EA being just longtermism now, at least in how “the leading EA people” present it
It’s definitely not just long termism—and at least before sbf’s money started becoming a huge thing there is still an order of magnitude more money going to children in Africa than anything else. For that matter, I’m mostly longtermist mentally, and most of what I do (partly because of inertia, partly because it’s easier to promote) is saving children in Africa style donations.
I’m really surprised to read this!
I guess this points strongly towards EA being just longtermism now, at least in how “the leading EA people” present it
It’s definitely not just long termism—and at least before sbf’s money started becoming a huge thing there is still an order of magnitude more money going to children in Africa than anything else. For that matter, I’m mostly longtermist mentally, and most of what I do (partly because of inertia, partly because it’s easier to promote) is saving children in Africa style donations.
Not sure how visible it is, but I was linking to this post: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/LRmEezoeeqGhkWm2p/is-ea-just-longtermism-now-1