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HeidiOverbeek comments on Celebrating All Who Are in Effective Altruism - Effective Altruism Forum

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Comment author: HeidiOverbeek 24 January 2016 09:38:58PM 3 points [-]

It all depends on whether we want EA to be a robust, strong movement or not. The movement will be a lot more vigorous with more people, and most people (over the age of 30) are not extremists. When I was 16 I would have been considered hardcore. At 41 I am softcore. My personal version of maturity went in that direction - I chose to move my focus toward family, career, self-expression. When my life changes in a few years and family and career become less of a focus, I expect I will look hardcore again.

Comment author: Gleb_T  (EA Profile) 24 January 2016 11:43:33PM 0 points [-]

Good point about people's lives changing over time, as well as their focus! If we want to retain people for the long term, celebrating all members is really important.