"but in the more visceral, emotional sense of what it feels like to step into a room where you don’t know if you belong, or if you really can contribute."
Your writing feels like poetry. For this line, I think of... wanting to push for more culture where EA events & connections are more on the friendship/sports team side <---than--> networking/work, which will subsists on its own without any help due to the nature of the org.
You have structured manifesto here - pieces of which that I have thought of but have not able to fully articulate. I admire and appreciate your piece.
1- I'm curious about how a few ancillary things will play a role in this utopia (perhaps obsolete): government, "work" (if no one works, then...), crime (due to biological lack of empathy, a common factor in criminals), education, economics/politics, etc.
2- I believe that your vision is a very nuanced perspective as someone (I'm assuming) in a first-world country, upper income bracket, formal education. I'm curious about the commonalities/differences of that of someone from a radically different upbringing/socioeconomic class.
What are your thoughts on the seemingly over aching demand but lack of supply for impactful work? It seems like most legs are encouraging highly impactful careers and once people are convinced, are left with minimal opportunities. Are there thoughts on encouraging other routes like ETG or Community Building?