Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation
by jvvw on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:21AM
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Those participants are going to mostly become mathematics academics which doesn't seem like the best demographic income-wise of you are trying to get a good return on investment? Especially as HPMOR doesn't directly lead you to the EA movement. I read it and it had some interesting ideas but it didn't make me realise EA existed.
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Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation
by dotsam on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:45AM
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Presumably the idea was that the distribution/content of the book promotes rational thinking, and that rational thinking primes you for EA. And then rather than become a mathematics academic, you decide to become e.g. a quantitative trader and donate lots of money to effective causes, or take some other high-impact career decision.