“Time preferences for impact in the EA community (data from the 2023 EA Survey Supplement)” by Jamie Elsey, David_Moss

As part of ongoing research into EA community attitudes and priorities, a supplemental EA community survey was fielded from December 2023 to January 2024. This survey included a number of questions requested by EA decision-makers and researchers. One such question concerned EA community attitudes regarding time preferences for impact. The question requested was: Putting aside issues of tractability, what are your time preferences with respect to the altruistic impacts of your actions? I am at least roughly indifferent between benefiting someone today and benefiting someone to an equal extent indefinitely far in the future. I value benefiting someone today more than benefiting someone to an equal extent in the future, and the value I place on future benefits declines roughly exponentially per year by ___%. I value helping someone today less than helping someone to an equal extent in the future, and the value I place on future [...] The original text contained 4 images which were described by AI. --- First published: August 12th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DncphHoNnmKj685ya/time-preferences-for-impact-in-the-ea-community-data-from --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.