Might be useful in elucidating why people criticizing EAs always mischaracterize us as not caring about systemic change or harder-to-quantify causes.
Those causes get criticized because of how hard to quantify they are. The relatively neglected thing is recognizing both strands, and arguing for Goldilocks positions between ‘linear clear evidence-backed non-systemic charity’ and ‘far too radical for most interested in systemic change.’
Perhaps “systemic change bias” needs to be coined, or something to that effect, to be used in further debates.
Might be useful in elucidating why people criticizing EAs always mischaracterize us as not caring about systemic change or harder-to-quantify causes.
Those causes get criticized because of how hard to quantify they are. The relatively neglected thing is recognizing both strands, and arguing for Goldilocks positions between ‘linear clear evidence-backed non-systemic charity’ and ‘far too radical for most interested in systemic change.’