“We need people working for non-EA orgs” by Dave Cortright 🔸

This forum—and the EA community surrounding it—is a bit of an echo chamber. We need people who care about EA values in the rest of the world for several reasons: influence and evangelism, cross-pollination, reality checks, and pragmatism. Influence and evangelism The only way for EA to grow is to expose non-EAs to EA concepts. We need people working in all sectors and organizations who can be EA evangelists and ambassadors. This is especially important in roles like government policy and oversight where decisions have outsized influence. Cross-pollination and reality checks As much as non-EAs can learn from us, we can also learn from them. The more we understand how “the real world” works, the better we will be at honing our strategies for getting the world to focus on the important, tractable, and neglected areas. And it helps develop empathy for people who aren't living by EA principles. [...] ---Outline:(00:27) Influence and evangelism(00:49) Cross-pollination and reality checks(01:13) Pragmatism(02:46) Max out your employer match(even if you use another donor's money)(03:08) Resources--- First published: July 22nd, 2025 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/QNxc9DGcyRAhdyypF/we-need-people-working-for-non-ea-orgs --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.