Anecdote: I had always watched a lot of YouTube on politics, science, and philosophy, but never encountered the topic of effective altruism until I saw a video from Alex O'Connor, who I had been following for a while.
(Just had a look through his channel and I think it was this video in December 2020)
It immediately made sense to me and sent me on my EA journey. I couldn't believe it was the first time[1] I was hearing about it!
Humane Hancock (who's commented here) was a similarly large influence on me.
I vaguely remember hearing someone on the radio, probably Will MacAskill, discussing saving a million-pound painting from a burning building rather than a child in ~2014
Anecdote: I had always watched a lot of YouTube on politics, science, and philosophy, but never encountered the topic of effective altruism until I saw a video from Alex O'Connor, who I had been following for a while.
(Just had a look through his channel and I think it was this video in December 2020)
It immediately made sense to me and sent me on my EA journey. I couldn't believe it was the first time[1] I was hearing about it!
Humane Hancock (who's commented here) was a similarly large influence on me.
YouTube works!
I vaguely remember hearing someone on the radio, probably Will MacAskill, discussing saving a million-pound painting from a burning building rather than a child in ~2014
What effect do you think the hunger strikes will have on the level of salience?
Why do you think a lower level of salience makes an action like this less useful?
I watched this at the weekend and see that you're now approaching 900k views!
You deserve it (and more). Absolutely incredible video - a perfect balance between confidence, humility, seriousness, and levity.
Can't wait to see what's coming next!