What are the main advantages of having entrepreneurs start separate organisations vs running the projects inside a larger organisation? You could imagine a world in which entrepreneurs are employees of CE and this would have benefits.
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Fascinating, thanks for doing this research—excited to see more work in this area.
Is it possible that being E and A correlates with EAs who have been involved and absorbed EA ideas but wouldn’t correlate with EAs if you were able to survey them before they got involved in EA?
I found myself agreeing with the statements that predicted E and A but not sure I would have done before getting into EA.
I could also imagine someone who is very open to reasonable arguments but isn’t particularly E or A but comes to agree with the statements over time.
[sorry if I’ve misrepresented what you’re saying—I read the post a couple of days ago and may be misremembering]
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Pre-commitent: I will reply on this thread with where I decide to donate by New Years Day.
I’m planning to meet up with a friend and decide where to give my donations on New Years Eve. I often find I put my giving off so I’m using this post as a commitment device.
1. If anyone wants to join me, feel free to comment with the date you plan to donate by.
2. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to structure your thinking on where to donate? I’m planning to spend a couple of hours on this with a friend.
This is awesome—thanks for writing up!
For people working in the UK and keen to do something like this, I’d love to chat: ben@tyve.org
We launched an employee giving tool (Tyve.org) which promotes recommended charities from GiveWell and Founders Pledge’s research.
Hey Jessica, great to hear about this! I was thinking about doing something similar. Would you consider involving non-researchers working at EA-orgs remotely? I’ve spoken to a few interested people with this profile.
What do you use as a guide to “common sense” or “everyday ethics”?
I think people in EA often recommend against using EA to guide your everyday decision-making. I think the standard advice is “don’t sweat the small stuff” and apply EA thinking to big life decisions like your career choice or annual donations. EA doesn’t have much to say and isn’t a great guide to think about how you behave with your friends and family or in your community.
I’m curious, as a group of people who take ethics seriously, are there other frameworks or points of reference that you use to help you make decisions in your personal life?
I feel like “stoicism” is a common one and I’ve enjoyed learning about this. I suspect religion is another common answer for others. Are there others?
Toby Ordering is really good.