I’m a little worried that use of the word pivot was a mistake on my part in that it maybe implies more of a change than I expect; if so, apologies.
I think this is best understood as a combination of
Maybe this is really important, especially right now [which I guess is indeed a subset of cause prioritization]
Maybe there are unusually high leverage things to do in that space right now
Maybe the counterfactual is worse—it’s a space with a lot of new energy, new organizations, etc, and so a lot more opportunity for re-making old mistakes, not a lot of institutional knowledge, and so on.
I think this basically agrees with your point (1), but as a hypothesis, not a conclusion
In addition, there is an unusual amount of money and power flowing around this space right now, and so it might warrant extra attention
This is a small effect, but we’ve received some requests from within this space to pay more attention to it, which seems like some (small) evidence
I’m a little worried that use of the word pivot was a mistake on my part in that it maybe implies more of a change than I expect; if so, apologies.
I think this is best understood as a combination of
Maybe this is really important, especially right now [which I guess is indeed a subset of cause prioritization]
Maybe there are unusually high leverage things to do in that space right now
Maybe the counterfactual is worse—it’s a space with a lot of new energy, new organizations, etc, and so a lot more opportunity for re-making old mistakes, not a lot of institutional knowledge, and so on.
I think this basically agrees with your point (1), but as a hypothesis, not a conclusion
In addition, there is an unusual amount of money and power flowing around this space right now, and so it might warrant extra attention
This is a small effect, but we’ve received some requests from within this space to pay more attention to it, which seems like some (small) evidence