It is definitely the case, especially in the EA community, that I’m surrounded by a lot more people who express alliance via signaling and are making nontrivial commitments, for whom I’ve not seen real evidence that they understand how to think for themselves or take right action without a high status person telling them to do it.
That said I don’t find it too hard myself to distinguish between such people, and people where I can say “Yeah, I’ve seen them do real things”.
It is definitely the case, especially in the EA community, that I’m surrounded by a lot more people who express alliance via signaling and are making nontrivial commitments, for whom I’ve not seen real evidence that they understand how to think for themselves or take right action without a high status person telling them to do it.
That said I don’t find it too hard myself to distinguish between such people, and people where I can say “Yeah, I’ve seen them do real things”.