Some factors that could influence answers to this cluster of questions:

(This is just a very quick, non-exhaustive list, with very little commentary. I'm hoping other people can add a bunch more factors, commentary, etc.)

• Concerns about value drift
• The value of bringing people who are currently outside of EA into the EA movement
• The value of introducing people who are (and might remain) outside of EA to EA ideas
  • The post Community vs Network feels somewhat relevant here
• The value of getting a diversity of views
  • The post Community vs Network feels somewhat relevant here too
• How much a person should be focused on working at EA vs non-EA orgs
  • There are various ways this could be relevant
    • One is that, if one is more focused on working at non-EA orgs, that might increase the value of building strong networks in specific communities outside of EA (e.g., in specific policy or academic communities).
• Specific things to do with personal preferences and circumstances

Some prior statements/discussion of this cluster of questions:

• As noted, a recent post by Richard Ngo argued that he should've engaged more with people outside the EA community in prior years
• Daniel Kokatajlo commented on that same post saying that the opposite seems true for Daniel
• I think this post was relevant: Objections to Value-Alignment between Effective Altruists
• I seem to recall there being relevant parts of the 80,000 Hours anonymous answers series
  • I just very quickly skimmed through those posts again, and this post definitely has relevant parts, while the following also seem decently likely to:
    • https://80000hours.org/2020/04/anonymous-answers-diversity/
    • https://80000hours.org/2020/02/anonymous-answers-effective-altruism-community-and-growth/
    • https://80000hours.org/2019/11/anonymous-answers-most-overrated/
    • https://80000hours.org/2020/02/anonymous-answers-general-life-advice/
    • https://80000hours.org/2020/02/anonymous-answers-flaws-80000hours/
    • https://80000hours.org/2020/06/anonymous-answers-myths-and-other-questions/

(I'm sure there are many other relevant links that have slipped my mind or that I never saw, which is why this is a question post rather than just a post!)

Some related questions:

How much should EAs focus on working at EA orgs vs at other orgs? 

• And how does this vary based on various aspects of the individual/situation in question? And what are the factors driving answers to these questions?
• We could also ask about working in roles explicitly in vs not explicitly in the EA community, if we wanted to also capture independent work, founding new orgs, etc.
• Prior discussion:
  • There's a lot, and I haven't taken the time to compile it here
  • One recent discussion occurred in this post and some of the comments on it: My mistakes on the path to impact

How much time should EAs spend consuming content (e.g., papers, articles, podcasts) created by EAs vs content not created by EAs?

• I assume this has been discussed before in various places, though I can't immediately recall where

(Presumably many other questions could also be mentioned.)