It’s from a sermon in which Wesley advocates that Christian should “gain all you can”, “save all you can”, and “give all you can” — a teaching somewhat similar to efficient altruism.
doesn’t look very similar to me—it’s missing the “efficient” part; focusing on “how much do you give?” instead of “is it doing any fricking good?”
While you’re certainly technically correct, it’s an easy/common mistake for people to focus on the “save all you can” part, overlooking “gain all you can” opportunities. The EA movement is notable for proactively trying to counter this mistake, and apparently so is John Wesley.
doesn’t look very similar to me—it’s missing the “efficient” part; focusing on “how much do you give?” instead of “is it doing any fricking good?”
While you’re certainly technically correct, it’s an easy/common mistake for people to focus on the “save all you can” part, overlooking “gain all you can” opportunities. The EA movement is notable for proactively trying to counter this mistake, and apparently so is John Wesley.
The closer analog is 80,000 hours, not EA as a whole.
Good point — that is indeed what I was thinking of.