I haven’t thought much about it but It seems that building stronger ties with Red Plenty might be useful strategically (for movement resilience) and we are not at all incompatible:
I think there are good insights there that are quite appreciated here (e.g., legibility);
I think it’s reasonable to incorporate some of their though into evaluation (e.g., IDinsight studied beneficiary preferences for GiveWell).
Thanks for sharing this piece – it’s nice to gain perspective on where the EA movement, and I personally, fit into philosophy overall! 😅 I’m definitely an r/neoliberal type and have noticed that I tend to be less frustrated with leftist thinkers who fit into the analytic philosophy mold, like Liam Kofi Bright, than with those who rely less on/outright reject reason. At the same time, I’ve noticed that NL-types have certain blind spots, and I think more collaboration with the other types of analytic philosophers could help ameliorate these.
Here is a very interesting perspective on EA as part of leftish analytical philosophy (under R/Neoliberal): https://sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-anglo-american-analytic-philosophy.html
I haven’t thought much about it but It seems that building stronger ties with Red Plenty might be useful strategically (for movement resilience) and we are not at all incompatible:
I think there are good insights there that are quite appreciated here (e.g., legibility);
I think it’s reasonable to incorporate some of their though into evaluation (e.g., IDinsight studied beneficiary preferences for GiveWell).
Thanks for sharing this piece – it’s nice to gain perspective on where the EA movement, and I personally, fit into philosophy overall! 😅 I’m definitely an r/neoliberal type and have noticed that I tend to be less frustrated with leftist thinkers who fit into the analytic philosophy mold, like Liam Kofi Bright, than with those who rely less on/outright reject reason. At the same time, I’ve noticed that NL-types have certain blind spots, and I think more collaboration with the other types of analytic philosophers could help ameliorate these.