Yeah I can't really defend that. But this was probably how they convinced themselves it was "effective".
I wouldn't argue there's a difference except that "EA" taken as a whole probably has way less overhead than Susan G. Komen (for example). If (if!) a breast cancer charity running ads drastically increases the amount of…
Probably the main goal is minting more EAs. If 10% of program participants are convinced to be EAs and 10% of EAs donate 10% of their income[1], every participant is worth 0.1% of the lifetime earnings of the average…
A perhaps relevant parable: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-prophet-and-caesar...
Yeah I can't really defend that. But this was probably how they convinced themselves it was "effective".
I wouldn't argue there's a difference except that "EA" taken as a whole probably has way less overhead than Susan G. Komen (for example). If (if!) a breast cancer charity running ads drastically increases the amount of…
Probably the main goal is minting more EAs. If 10% of program participants are convinced to be EAs and 10% of EAs donate 10% of their income[1], every participant is worth 0.1% of the lifetime earnings of the average…
A perhaps relevant parable: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/the-prophet-and-caesar...