My impression is that the people who end up working in EA organizations are not on the same tier of discipline, work ethic, commitment, etc. as elite military forces and are not really even very close?
I don’t say that to disparage EA direct workers, I’m involved in direct work myself -- but my sense is that much more is possible. That said, as you mention the amount of discipline needed may simply not be as high.
Yeah again, for highly creative intellectual labor on multi-decade timescale, I’m not really convinced that working super hard or having no personal life or whatever is actually helpful. But I might be fooling myself since this view is very self-serving.
My impression is that the people who end up working in EA organizations are not on the same tier of discipline, work ethic, commitment, etc. as elite military forces and are not really even very close?
I don’t say that to disparage EA direct workers, I’m involved in direct work myself -- but my sense is that much more is possible. That said, as you mention the amount of discipline needed may simply not be as high.
Yeah again, for highly creative intellectual labor on multi-decade timescale, I’m not really convinced that working super hard or having no personal life or whatever is actually helpful. But I might be fooling myself since this view is very self-serving.