Question about multilingualism in the Effective Altruism Community.
In the Australian Effective Altruism community, I’ve faced some discrimination for refusing to write in English. While I learnt to write in high school by reading famous books like “Grapes of Wrath” and “The Great Gatsby”, most Australians don’t speak English as fluently as Steinbeck, Fitzgerald or Hemingway. For this reason, many Indians like myself prefer to use other languages (such as Tamil/Hindi) when writing in EA forums. Shouldn’t this be encouraged, so that we can grow the Effective Altruism community, with a focus on expanding our presence in developing countries? Please let me know what you think, thanks.
Multilingualism in EA
Question about multilingualism in the Effective Altruism Community.
In the Australian Effective Altruism community, I’ve faced some discrimination for refusing to write in English. While I learnt to write in high school by reading famous books like “Grapes of Wrath” and “The Great Gatsby”, most Australians don’t speak English as fluently as Steinbeck, Fitzgerald or Hemingway. For this reason, many Indians like myself prefer to use other languages (such as Tamil/Hindi) when writing in EA forums. Shouldn’t this be encouraged, so that we can grow the Effective Altruism community, with a focus on expanding our presence in developing countries? Please let me know what you think, thanks.