I’m pretty unsure about statistics for this. Depression seems to be about six to ten percent of the population.
So, are there strong arguments that disproportionately high amounts of promising EAs have depression / disabilities?
I can steelman a sort of consequentialist argument for redirecting existing efforts to help disabled people towards the most promising, high-value people, but I’m more curious if anyone has info about mental health and the EA community.
EDIT: Replied to wrong OP.
I’m pretty unsure about statistics for this. Depression seems to be about six to ten percent of the population.
So, are there strong arguments that disproportionately high amounts of promising EAs have depression / disabilities?
I can steelman a sort of consequentialist argument for redirecting existing efforts to help disabled people towards the most promising, high-value people, but I’m more curious if anyone has info about mental health and the EA community.