My very quick improving institutional decision-making (IIDM) thoughts
Epistemic status: Weak 55% confidence. I may delete. Feel free to call me out or DM me etc etc.
I am saying these so that someone has said them. I would like them to be better phrased but then I’d probably never share them. Please feel free to criticise them though I might modify them a lot and I’m sorry if they are blunt:
I don’t understand what concrete learnings there are from IIDM, except forecasting (which I am biased on). The EIP produced a report which said that in the institutions you’d expect to matter do. That was cheap falsification so I guess worth it. Beyond that, I don’t know. And I was quite involved for a while and I didn’t pick these up by osmosis. I assume that many people know even less than I do.
Is forecasting IIDM? Yes. But people know what forecasting is so it’s easier to use those words. Are humans primates, yes, but one of those words is easier to understand.
Does IIDM exist in the wild? Yes?? I know lots of EA-aligned people who work in institutions who to improve them. That seems like IIDM to me.
What ideas would I brainstorm, low confidence:
Connect EA networks across institutions. EAs in different institutions probably know things. Do they pass those around?
Try and improve EA knowledge tranfer How can someone get a high signal feed of information via email, WhatsApp, podcast app. If we had this then it would be easier to share to institutional colleagues
What has worked in EA orgs? I’m surprised we think we can improve institutions when we haven’t solved those problems internally
How does an org make forecasting really easy and low friction?
How can EA institutions share detailed knowledge in real treal-timeime across institutions?
Haha I don’t know what IIDM is but I do know what forecasting is. If I had lots of money one of the things I’d do is create a forecasting news organization. They don’t talk about what happened, they talk about what’s going to happen. The knowlege transfer is important. People are too spread apart to use one platform, but if there was a list of people who were readily available to share information on certain topics and their contact info that would be valuble.
This forum is not user-friendly. Took a bit to arrive.
I am not! I applied and didn’t get it, I think the movement is bigger than available tickets in a convention. I’m on a few EA discords if you’d like to chat.
My very quick improving institutional decision-making (IIDM) thoughts
Epistemic status: Weak 55% confidence. I may delete. Feel free to call me out or DM me etc etc.
I am saying these so that someone has said them. I would like them to be better phrased but then I’d probably never share them. Please feel free to criticise them though I might modify them a lot and I’m sorry if they are blunt:
I don’t understand what concrete learnings there are from IIDM, except forecasting (which I am biased on). The EIP produced a report which said that in the institutions you’d expect to matter do. That was cheap falsification so I guess worth it. Beyond that, I don’t know. And I was quite involved for a while and I didn’t pick these up by osmosis. I assume that many people know even less than I do.
Is forecasting IIDM? Yes. But people know what forecasting is so it’s easier to use those words. Are humans primates, yes, but one of those words is easier to understand.
Does IIDM exist in the wild? Yes?? I know lots of EA-aligned people who work in institutions who to improve them. That seems like IIDM to me.
What ideas would I brainstorm, low confidence:
Connect EA networks across institutions. EAs in different institutions probably know things. Do they pass those around?
Try and improve EA knowledge tranfer How can someone get a high signal feed of information via email, WhatsApp, podcast app. If we had this then it would be easier to share to institutional colleagues
What has worked in EA orgs? I’m surprised we think we can improve institutions when we haven’t solved those problems internally
How does an org make forecasting really easy and low friction?
How can EA institutions share detailed knowledge in real treal-timeime across institutions?
How do EAs avoid duplicating work?
Haha I don’t know what IIDM is but I do know what forecasting is. If I had lots of money one of the things I’d do is create a forecasting news organization. They don’t talk about what happened, they talk about what’s going to happen. The knowlege transfer is important. People are too spread apart to use one platform, but if there was a list of people who were readily available to share information on certain topics and their contact info that would be valuble.
Benjamin, I think you and I are gonna be friends. You at EAG SF?
This forum is not user-friendly. Took a bit to arrive.
I am not! I applied and didn’t get it, I think the movement is bigger than available tickets in a convention. I’m on a few EA discords if you’d like to chat.