Hi Joey, thanks for raising this with such specific suggestions for how this should be done differently.
I won’t respond to the specific Handbook concerns again, since people can easily find my previous responses in the comment threads that you link to.
I think that part of the problem was caused by the general trend that you’re discussing, but also that I made mistakes in editing the Handbook, which I’m sorry for. In particular, I should have:
Consulted more widely before releasing the Handbook
Made clearer that the handbook was curated and produced by CEA
Included more engaging content related to global poverty and animal welfare.
I’ve tried to fix all of these mistakes, and we are currently working on producing a new edition which includes additional content (80,000 Hours’ Problem Framework, Sentience Institute’s Foundational question summaries (slightly shortened), David Roodman’s research for GiveWell on the worm wars).
Hi Joey, thanks for raising this with such specific suggestions for how this should be done differently.
I won’t respond to the specific Handbook concerns again, since people can easily find my previous responses in the comment threads that you link to.
I think that part of the problem was caused by the general trend that you’re discussing, but also that I made mistakes in editing the Handbook, which I’m sorry for. In particular, I should have:
Consulted more widely before releasing the Handbook
Made clearer that the handbook was curated and produced by CEA
Included more engaging content related to global poverty and animal welfare.
I’ve tried to fix all of these mistakes, and we are currently working on producing a new edition which includes additional content (80,000 Hours’ Problem Framework, Sentience Institute’s Foundational question summaries (slightly shortened), David Roodman’s research for GiveWell on the worm wars).