It is fascinating how lots of people seem to genuinely have the mental association "EAs = people who are anti-technology"

Of course it makes sense if 2023 AI stuff is one's first introduction to internet nerd subcultures, but even two years ago that characterization would have seemed completely incomprehensible.

Especially given how many people in EA have worked in tech.

Made this Venn diagram some time ago to show the absurdity of such a claim

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I think that is why we need more people in tech with backgrounds that go beyond tech (pointing at myself). The more diversification we will have in this space, the less tech-centrism (not in a negative sense but rather a point of view) we will see.