Has rethink priorities ever thought of doing a survey of non-EAs? Perhaps paying for a poll? I’d be interested in questions like “What do you think of Effective Altruism? What do you think of Effective Altruists?”
Only asking questions of those who are currently here is survivorship bias. Likewise we could try and find people who left and ask why.
Has rethink priorities ever thought of doing a survey of non-EAs? Perhaps paying for a poll? I’d be interested in questions like “What do you think of Effective Altruism? What do you think of Effective Altruists?”
Only asking questions of those who are currently here is survivorship bias. Likewise we could try and find people who left and ask why.
We are definitely planning on doing this kind of research, likely sometime in 2021.