The issue many people are taking with this post is semantic in nature. Having measured/methodical language does help with having more productive conversations. However, focusing on the specific words used detracts from the post’s main point.
You knocked it out of the park, this is what I was attempting to convey. I’m new to this community, english isn’t my native language (although, funnily enough, it’s my best), and I’m still getting used to the jargon and writing style. I appreciate the comment.
Kurzgesagt videos have an outsized influence. This video was released just 17 hours ago and already has 1 million views and is the #2 trending video on YouTube. Additionally, the studio was recommended for almost $3 million in grant money from Open Phil to “support the creation of videos on topics relevant to effective altruism and improving humanity’s long-run future.”
I had no idea that they were funded by Open Phil— I completely agree that they failed to align their awareness efforts with one of EA’s priorities here, and missed a large opportunity.
I think pointing this concern on the EA forum could potentially lead to the issue of wild animal suffering being considered more in future videos, whether it be directly through the creators of Kurzgesagt or indirectly through Open Phil suggesting it to Kurzgesagt. So in the end, I’m glad OP decided to make this post.
I’m very doubtful this would reach anyone at OP/Kurzgesagt, or that my post could make much impact, but of course I’d be happy if it did contribute to any conversations in that direction.
You would be surprised at what kind of reach you can have! Your post was up on the front page for a whole day and is now the second result when searching Kurzgesagt on the forum. Plus, you can also just email OPP and Kurzgesagt with a link to the post to increase the likelihood that they will see it. Who knows.. they might even comment and explain why they chose to create the video in the way they did or, better yet, edit the video. I recently had a random experience interacting with Dustin Moskovitz on Dank EA Memes so at this point I believe anything could happen.
Also, there’s a Facebook group called “Effective Altruism Editing and Review” that provides editing help for EA forum posts that you can check out. People will give you feedback on your post and through that you can learn the preferred style of writing and all the terms that are commonly used on the forum.
You knocked it out of the park, this is what I was attempting to convey. I’m new to this community, english isn’t my native language (although, funnily enough, it’s my best), and I’m still getting used to the jargon and writing style. I appreciate the comment.
I had no idea that they were funded by Open Phil— I completely agree that they failed to align their awareness efforts with one of EA’s priorities here, and missed a large opportunity.
I’m very doubtful this would reach anyone at OP/Kurzgesagt, or that my post could make much impact, but of course I’d be happy if it did contribute to any conversations in that direction.
Thanks for the support Constance, appreciate it.
You would be surprised at what kind of reach you can have! Your post was up on the front page for a whole day and is now the second result when searching Kurzgesagt on the forum. Plus, you can also just email OPP and Kurzgesagt with a link to the post to increase the likelihood that they will see it. Who knows.. they might even comment and explain why they chose to create the video in the way they did or, better yet, edit the video. I recently had a random experience interacting with Dustin Moskovitz on Dank EA Memes so at this point I believe anything could happen.
Also, there’s a Facebook group called “Effective Altruism Editing and Review” that provides editing help for EA forum posts that you can check out. People will give you feedback on your post and through that you can learn the preferred style of writing and all the terms that are commonly used on the forum.