This may just be the way you phrased it, but you talk about spreading “EA and earning-to-give” as if earning-to-give is the primary focus of EA. I’m not sure if this is your view, but if it is, it’s worth reading 80,000 Hours’ arguments on why only a small proportion of people should earn to give in the long term.
Given these arguments and the low salaries in Russia, it might be better to concentrate on encouraging other sorts of effective altruist activity such as direct work, research, or advocacy. And there may be some altruistic work that is easier to do in Russia than in other countries. Unfortunately I don’t know enough about Russia to suggest anything, but I’m sure you’d have some good ideas.
This may just be the way you phrased it, but you talk about spreading “EA and earning-to-give” as if earning-to-give is the primary focus of EA. I’m not sure if this is your view, but if it is, it’s worth reading 80,000 Hours’ arguments on why only a small proportion of people should earn to give in the long term.
Given these arguments and the low salaries in Russia, it might be better to concentrate on encouraging other sorts of effective altruist activity such as direct work, research, or advocacy. And there may be some altruistic work that is easier to do in Russia than in other countries. Unfortunately I don’t know enough about Russia to suggest anything, but I’m sure you’d have some good ideas.
I haven’t seen this 80,000 Hours post, thanks. Seems like you’re right and we’ve overemphasized earning-to-give in our activities so far.