Should one who wants to make a large positive impact on society go into politics over more “conventional” methods of effective altruism (becoming rich somewhere else or working for a high-impact organization)?
If you think about it, this is quite a striking statement about the LW community’s implicit beliefs.
The implicit assumption is that people don’t go into politics because they want (like, really, effectively, goal-oriented, outcome-based want) to make large positive impacts on society. We read a statement with that assumption quite plainly baked into it, and it doesn’t seem weird. The fact it doesn’t seem weird does itself seem kind of weird.
If you think about it, this is quite a striking statement about the LW community’s implicit beliefs.
I agree with something; I am just not sure enough whether I agree with you. Could you please make those implicit beliefs a bit more explicit?
The implicit assumption is that people don’t go into politics because they want (like, really, effectively, goal-oriented, outcome-based want) to make large positive impacts on society. We read a statement with that assumption quite plainly baked into it, and it doesn’t seem weird. The fact it doesn’t seem weird does itself seem kind of weird.