a) a lot of EAās core worldview philosophy is about doing boring stuff (that works), and so we attract people with an aesthetic repulsion to overmarketing that stick here and contribute highly. Itās not clear that standard marketing strategies work for something like EA without making such people more likely to leave, so I would be hesitant to propose changes to the current setup.
b) the School of Moral Ambition is already doing essentially a more marketed version of EA. I highly recommend anyone interested in this hop over to their platforms to check it out.
c) Cause area marketing is going fairly well I think? You may wish to consider voting for One for the World in our donation election.
d) Weāre about to have a 3000-person conference this weekend, our largest ever. āIncreasing irrelevanceā EA is decidedly not. Clearly our current approach is doing something right.
Iāll add onto c) that AI safety cause area marketing is going really well (to the point Iām personally uneasy about it), and animal advocacy cause area marketing also seems to be doing ok. Itās not just GHD cause area marketing thatās working.
My reservations about anti-marketing effects apply mostly to principles-first EA outreach.
I see this take a lot.
My immediate response is fourfold:
a) a lot of EAās core worldview philosophy is about doing boring stuff (that works), and so we attract people with an aesthetic repulsion to overmarketing that stick here and contribute highly. Itās not clear that standard marketing strategies work for something like EA without making such people more likely to leave, so I would be hesitant to propose changes to the current setup.
b) the School of Moral Ambition is already doing essentially a more marketed version of EA. I highly recommend anyone interested in this hop over to their platforms to check it out.
c) Cause area marketing is going fairly well I think? You may wish to consider voting for One for the World in our donation election.
d) Weāre about to have a 3000-person conference this weekend, our largest ever. āIncreasing irrelevanceā EA is decidedly not. Clearly our current approach is doing something right.
Iāll add onto c) that AI safety cause area marketing is going really well (to the point Iām personally uneasy about it), and animal advocacy cause area marketing also seems to be doing ok. Itās not just GHD cause area marketing thatās working.
My reservations about anti-marketing effects apply mostly to principles-first EA outreach.