Thanks for this. It’d be interesting if there were survey evidence on this. Some anecdotal stuff the other way… On the EA funds page, Beckstead mentions person-affecting views as one of the reasons that one might not go into far future causes (https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/far-future). Some Givewell staffers apparently endorse person-affecting views and avoid the far future stuff on that basis—http://blog.givewell.org/2016/03/10/march-2016-open-thread/#comment-939058.
Thanks for this. It’d be interesting if there were survey evidence on this. Some anecdotal stuff the other way… On the EA funds page, Beckstead mentions person-affecting views as one of the reasons that one might not go into far future causes (https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/far-future). Some Givewell staffers apparently endorse person-affecting views and avoid the far future stuff on that basis—http://blog.givewell.org/2016/03/10/march-2016-open-thread/#comment-939058.