There are a lot of people in EA who just wanted a legitimate reason or excuse to sit around and talk about these big questions. But that made it feel like it’s a real job and they’re doing something good in the world instead of just sitting in a room and talking about philosophy.

Ding ding ding. Give this person the washing machine and send them on to the finals.

Link to the interview itself?

Is this it?

https://mathbabe.org/2024/03/16/an-interview-with-someone-who-left-effective-altruism/

Edit: oh the link is the post, lemmy can do link+text, I'm a sillyhead.