Under 20k EAs Worldwide May Be the Densest Cluster of 'Live Players' Around
abhiadesai · x · 2026-09-17
Drawing on Samo Burja's 'live players' concept, the author argues that if you had to pick a 500+ person group in 2020 with the highest share of genuinely world-changing people by 2026, it would be LessWrong posters. He estimates self-identifying EAs number under 20k worldwide, yet sourced from talent-dense pools (elite universities, quant trading firms), they have proven out the thesis that extreme intelligence alone can change the world — an acknowledgment of effectiveness, not endorsement.
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