I’d reframe this slightly, though I agree with all your key points. EA forum is finding a new comparative advantage. There are other platforms for deep, impact-focused research. Some of the best research has crystallized into founding efforts.
There will always be the need for an onboarding site and watering hole, and EA forum is filling that niche.
There are other platforms for deep, impact-focused research.
Could you name them? I’m not sure which ones are out there, other than LW and Alignment Forum for AI alignment research.
E.g. I’m not sure where else is a better place to post research on forecasting, research on EA community building, research on animal welfare, or new project proposals. There are private groups and slacks, but sometimes what you want is public or community engagement.
I was thinking about our biggest institutions, OpenPhil, 80k, that sort of thing—the work produced by their on-staff researchers. It sounds like you’re wanting a space that’s like the EA forum, but has a higher concentration of impact-focused research especially by independent researchers? Or maybe that you’d like to see the new work other orgs are doing get aggregated in one place?
I’d reframe this slightly, though I agree with all your key points. EA forum is finding a new comparative advantage. There are other platforms for deep, impact-focused research. Some of the best research has crystallized into founding efforts.
There will always be the need for an onboarding site and watering hole, and EA forum is filling that niche.
Could you name them? I’m not sure which ones are out there, other than LW and Alignment Forum for AI alignment research.
E.g. I’m not sure where else is a better place to post research on forecasting, research on EA community building, research on animal welfare, or new project proposals. There are private groups and slacks, but sometimes what you want is public or community engagement.
I was thinking about our biggest institutions, OpenPhil, 80k, that sort of thing—the work produced by their on-staff researchers. It sounds like you’re wanting a space that’s like the EA forum, but has a higher concentration of impact-focused research especially by independent researchers? Or maybe that you’d like to see the new work other orgs are doing get aggregated in one place?