I was a participant this year with prior exposure, and I was already involved and would have kept being involved even if I hadn’t gone to ESPR. No idea whether this applies to other people. There is a pretty good community where I live, but I think I would have been involved even if that wasn’t the case. Couldn’t you run this on a survey, Owen, if the answer is important?
Edit: Actually, that depends on what you’re after. Independent of going to ESPR (and independent of a close community) I would have devoted a significant amount of resources (e.g. time and money) into EA. However, ESPR (and definitely my close community) might end up increasing my interaction with other EAs/rationalists.
I was a participant this year with prior exposure, and I was already involved and would have kept being involved even if I hadn’t gone to ESPR. No idea whether this applies to other people. There is a pretty good community where I live, but I think I would have been involved even if that wasn’t the case. Couldn’t you run this on a survey, Owen, if the answer is important?
Edit: Actually, that depends on what you’re after. Independent of going to ESPR (and independent of a close community) I would have devoted a significant amount of resources (e.g. time and money) into EA. However, ESPR (and definitely my close community) might end up increasing my interaction with other EAs/rationalists.