I agree that US policy is obviously very important, but
The 2024 US Election doesn’t seem to have been close (unlike e.g. the 2000 one). I’m skeptical that EAs could have changed things that much, given that they couldn’t cause relatively easier policy changes (e.g. SB 1047)
They were a minority, but several EAs favoured Trump over Harris, so their efforts would partially cancel out
Politicizing EAs, or EA organizations, would have made them less effective after Trump’s win and the whole “vibe shift”, when collaborating with the current administration
generic US policy, especially focusing on long-term issues (like US governance, or US decisions on questions like Nuclear/bio/AI) might be a good use of EA funds.
I agree that US policy is obviously very important, but
The 2024 US Election doesn’t seem to have been close (unlike e.g. the 2000 one). I’m skeptical that EAs could have changed things that much, given that they couldn’t cause relatively easier policy changes (e.g. SB 1047)
As you mentioned, Moskovitz & Tuna already were the largest democratic donors
They were a minority, but several EAs favoured Trump over Harris, so their efforts would partially cancel out
Politicizing EAs, or EA organizations, would have made them less effective after Trump’s win and the whole “vibe shift”, when collaborating with the current administration
I think it always has been? My sense is that lots of EA funds are already spent on US policy things, e.g. https://www.nti.org/analysis/ and https://www.governance.ai/research