@bayeslord specifically I think: - balance between global vs local & self- global moral weight but local knowledge & relationships - mental health & needing norms against burnout & abuse of power in any org - earn-to-give where the earning is socially deleterious (ahem sbf)
@bayeslord also imo EA deserves some memes abt the hubris of longtermism, given our inability to predict full effects of our actions
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