Project: More expert object-level observations & insights
Many subject matter experts with good object-level takes don’t post on the forum because they perceive the bar is too high
Other E.g. that I know personally : Founders of impactful charities don’t post regular updates on the progress their organizations are making, lessons they are learning, theory of change updates, how others can help etc.
People who aren’t naturally writers (e.g. they are doers and more on the ground building partnerships etc)
People who don’t realise they could add value to the community (because they are too busy to spend time in it and notice the biases or weakpoints)
Hire someone to interview these folks regularly (e.g. a couple eveyr month), find their cool insights, and write up their responses in an engaging way with some nice infographics & pictures from their org or something (e.g. not just interview style). I’ve discussed doing this with @Amber Dawn before with the folks in my networks who I know have things to say.
If someone wants to fund this, reach out?
Also: Have someone go around at EAGs interviewing people and then writing up all their conversations
This could be a fun project for folks who want to just meet interesting people and learn about what EAs are working on
Do active outreach to these people and offer them 1-1 calls to brainstorm topics, and 2-3 rounds of feedback if they do write something (maybe something for the Forum team?)
More involved things:
Change the culture of the EA Forum so people feel less scared to post on it e.g. by creating “First Drafts”
Make it easy for people to record & upload podcasts or voice notes to the EA forum with autotranscription and maybe taking out the “ums” and “buts” (very low confidence, this could be terrible)
Project: More expert object-level observations & insights
Many subject matter experts with good object-level takes don’t post on the forum because they perceive the bar is too high
Other E.g. that I know personally : Founders of impactful charities don’t post regular updates on the progress their organizations are making, lessons they are learning, theory of change updates, how others can help etc.
People who aren’t naturally writers (e.g. they are doers and more on the ground building partnerships etc)
People who don’t realise they could add value to the community (because they are too busy to spend time in it and notice the biases or weakpoints)
+ more examples & reasoning listed here
You can 80⁄20 it much easier:
Hire someone to interview these folks regularly (e.g. a couple eveyr month), find their cool insights, and write up their responses in an engaging way with some nice infographics & pictures from their org or something (e.g. not just interview style). I’ve discussed doing this with @Amber Dawn before with the folks in my networks who I know have things to say.
If someone wants to fund this, reach out?
Also: Have someone go around at EAGs interviewing people and then writing up all their conversations
This could be a fun project for folks who want to just meet interesting people and learn about what EAs are working on
Do active outreach to these people and offer them 1-1 calls to brainstorm topics, and 2-3 rounds of feedback if they do write something (maybe something for the Forum team?)
More involved things:
Change the culture of the EA Forum so people feel less scared to post on it e.g. by creating “First Drafts”
Make it easy for people to record & upload podcasts or voice notes to the EA forum with autotranscription and maybe taking out the “ums” and “buts” (very low confidence, this could be terrible)