EA Forum discussion thread: http://effective-altruism.com/ea/kc/giving_what_we_can_needs_your_support_only_5_days/

I have a question about the Effective Altruism community that's always bothered me. Why does the movement not seem to have much overlap with the frugality/early retirement movement? Is it just that I haven't seen it? I read a number of sites (My favorite being Mr Money Mustache, who retired at age 30 on a modest engineer's salary) that focus on early retirement through (many would say extreme) frugality. I wouldn't expect that this, or something close to it, would be hard for most people in the demographic of this site. It seems to me that the two movements have a lot in common, mainly attempting to get people to be more responsible with their money. If you take as an axiom that, for members of the EA movement, marginal income/savings equals increased donations, it seems as though there is tremendous opportunity for synergies between the two.

Interesting - is donating a regular chunk of your income a 'thing' in the x-risk/rationalist community, like it is for global poverty people with the Life You Can Save and Giving What We Can pledges?

1 question following the nootropics update: has there recently been any more data on side effects and risks of the top-rated noots in that link (e.g. Armodafinil)?

I don't want to retake this survey but it might have location info? You could also ask anyone who runs an EA website where they are getting their web hits from if you're really determined.

EA is about things that are relatively easy to measure, and causing political change is hard to measure.

No one in the last census wrote that he's from Algeria, so you are likely the only one.

Hello, I'm an effective altruist from Algeria. Does this make me the only reader from Algeria?