Ex-Founder of EA @ W&M and OSP Mentor
Eli Svobodašø
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CelĀeĀbratĀing wins ā disĀcusĀsion thread
Yay! The organizer in me hopes someone will write about:
āWhat does it mean for a job to be an āEA jobā, and how is that distinct from an impactful job or my ideal job?ā
āWhat seems missing or neglected in the professional EA ecosystem?ā (e.g., talent, comms, funding, mid-level management, coordination mechanismsā¦ pretty general question)
And the comms fiend in me hopes someone will write about:
āHow EA ideas or the community influenced my professional trajectoryā
Eli SvoĀbodaās Quick takes
Some Positions In EA Leadership Should Be Elected
Unconfidently speculate that something valuable could come out of more experimentation here. I admit I like the ethos/āoptics of a more decentralized EA
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Iām pretty sure theyāre referring to the idea of a āhighly engaged effective altruistā, which is a common metric used by EA community builders.
The Centre for Effective Altruism defines it as:
...people who are motivated in part by an impartial care for others, who are thinking very carefully about how they can best help others, and who are taking some significant actions to help (most likely through their careers).
It might make sense for the author to clarify this if so :)
Thank you so much for posting this, Nathan and Matthew! I think thereās a ton of relatively neglected truths in here, especially around the college club market point. Iāll be sharing this with my uni group network.
Occasionally! I think I also just find myself discussing those ideas fairly often and wanting better answers/āresources.