I am really happy that someone is doing this, and I would have loved to take part in this when I was in uni!
That however gets me thinking: Isn’t this something that should be open to non-students as well? I am part of the EA group on Focusmate (for me a real life / job saver), which seems to include a lot of non-students, and I know for a fact that I could still really benefit from having an accountability partner that shares some of my values. Is the plan to test this with students and later see whether this could work for others as well? Or is the focus just on students because that is generally where we see executive dysfunction? Or because it is the group most interesting for community building?
Completely fair. A fully scaled and suitably ambitious version of Off Road would indeed address this. But this is a pilot, and scope creep is fatal even for mature projects.
Reason I focussed on students is because that’s what the examples I met were and because it’s a relatively high leverage point in their lives.
I’m looking for people to help build it up; I’ve found someone to do the matching (and the accountability idea is free besides that) already, so we can scale that to nonstudents.
I am really happy that someone is doing this, and I would have loved to take part in this when I was in uni!
That however gets me thinking: Isn’t this something that should be open to non-students as well? I am part of the EA group on Focusmate (for me a real life / job saver), which seems to include a lot of non-students, and I know for a fact that I could still really benefit from having an accountability partner that shares some of my values. Is the plan to test this with students and later see whether this could work for others as well? Or is the focus just on students because that is generally where we see executive dysfunction? Or because it is the group most interesting for community building?
Completely fair. A fully scaled and suitably ambitious version of Off Road would indeed address this. But this is a pilot, and scope creep is fatal even for mature projects.
Reason I focussed on students is because that’s what the examples I met were and because it’s a relatively high leverage point in their lives.
I’m looking for people to help build it up; I’ve found someone to do the matching (and the accountability idea is free besides that) already, so we can scale that to nonstudents.
(See also) https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/8ekqxkowckzEKu3uG/off-road-support-for-eas-struggling-at-uni?commentId=3G3GppqrwZSxeDBgP
Makes sense and I will definitely keep an eye on whether you guys make something available for everyone! :)