I’m thinking about giving an “Introduction to EA” talk on a sci-fi/fantasy convention as a part of community-building effort. It seems that the audience there could be receptive to EA ideas, given how fantasy and science fiction often incorporates morally and technologically different worlds, extinction scenarios, distant pasts/futures etc. I’d like to ask for ideas and suggestions for fantasy and sci-fi works (regardless of medium—games, books, movies etc.) that could be used to illustrate major points of EA, as well as cause areas, maybe some fictional characters could serve as role models and so on. I’d like to see which and how many works are there, and if it’s enough to build a talk around them while still keeping the message high-fidelity, as to not warp the EA ideas.
[Question] Recommendations for EA-themed sci-fi and fantasy?
Hello everyone,
I’m thinking about giving an “Introduction to EA” talk on a sci-fi/fantasy convention as a part of community-building effort. It seems that the audience there could be receptive to EA ideas, given how fantasy and science fiction often incorporates morally and technologically different worlds, extinction scenarios, distant pasts/futures etc. I’d like to ask for ideas and suggestions for fantasy and sci-fi works (regardless of medium—games, books, movies etc.) that could be used to illustrate major points of EA, as well as cause areas, maybe some fictional characters could serve as role models and so on. I’d like to see which and how many works are there, and if it’s enough to build a talk around them while still keeping the message high-fidelity, as to not warp the EA ideas.
So far, useful resources I’ve found are:
- https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/b4YW4GJR2RasS4YEw/a-ranked-list-of-all-ea-relevant-documentaries-movies-and-tv
- https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/wAbYKBzEJBJpHMrDh/book-rec-the-war-with-the-newts-as-ea-fiction
- https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/nbrX6fQPHBdYXpg4B/nickmatt-s-shortform#wFtTQEHa3vydmaocm—
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DhTkDDaGLsmCxy5Qx/why-i-think-the-ea-community-should-write-more-fiction