I will primarily focus on The case for strong longtermism, listed as ādraft statusā on both Greaves and MacAskillās personal websites as of November 23rd, 2020. It has generated quite a lot of conversation within the effective altruism (EA) community despite its status, including multiple podcast episodes on 80000 hours podcast (one, two, three), a dedicated a multi-million dollar fund listed on the EA website, numerous blog posts, and an active forum discussion.
āThe Case for Strong Longtermismā is subtitled āGPI Working Paper No. 7-2019,ā which leads me to believe that it was originally published in 2019. Many of the things you listed (two of the podcast episodes, the fund, and several of the blog and forum posts) are from before 2019. My impression is that the paper (which I havenāt read) is more a formalization and extension of various existing ideas than a totally new direction for effective alturism.
The word ālongtermismā is new, which may contribute to the impression that the ideas it describes are too. This is true in some cases, but many people involved with effective altruism have long been concerned about the very long run.
āThe Case for Strong Longtermismā is subtitled āGPI Working Paper No. 7-2019,ā which leads me to believe that it was originally published in 2019. Many of the things you listed (two of the podcast episodes, the fund, and several of the blog and forum posts) are from before 2019. My impression is that the paper (which I havenāt read) is more a formalization and extension of various existing ideas than a totally new direction for effective alturism.
The word ālongtermismā is new, which may contribute to the impression that the ideas it describes are too. This is true in some cases, but many people involved with effective altruism have long been concerned about the very long run.
Oops good catch, updated the post with a link to your comment.