[riezebos]

If you have an idea which cause to spend on and you have enough savings to live for 6 months in case of problems, EA generally recommends to donate:

https://80000hours.org/articles/should-you-wait/

[tptacek]

... so does Catholicism. It's the rest of what EA (and Catholicism) has to say that gets us into trouble. (I'm Catholic, fwiw).

[riezebos]

I'm not very close to the core of EA, so maybe my perspective is not the most accurate, but one thing that I feel sets EA apart from other movements is that EA people generally are happy to disagree and change their mind based on good ideas/arguments/evidence from anyone inside our outside EA. For example:

https://80000hours.org/about/credibility/evaluations/mistake... https://80000hours.org/2020/02/anonymous-answers-flaws-80000...

I expect and hope that people within EA will keep learning from mistakes and changing their views.

[martopix]

Well, right today there's an article on the economist, one on the guardian, two things on the front page of hacker news, etc. This is a debate, with clear criticism of their current views. Let's see.