I think by the nature of how the EA Forum works, any proposed solution is likely to be more controversial than a generic “someone should do something about US politics” message. So any proposed solution will get at least a few early downvotes, causing low visibility. EAs want to upvote things which feel official and authoritative. They usually seem uninterested in improvisational brainstorming in response to an evolving situation. This will cause a paradoxical result where despite the “someone should do something about US politics” talk, proposing solutions will feel like a waste of time.
Maybe it would be good to create a dedicated brainstorming thread to try and mitigate this a little bit.
I agree that this is a very important issue right now, but I’m not sure what we can do about it.
https://www.powerfordemocracies.org/research/our-recommendations/ !!
I think by the nature of how the EA Forum works, any proposed solution is likely to be more controversial than a generic “someone should do something about US politics” message. So any proposed solution will get at least a few early downvotes, causing low visibility. EAs want to upvote things which feel official and authoritative. They usually seem uninterested in improvisational brainstorming in response to an evolving situation. This will cause a paradoxical result where despite the “someone should do something about US politics” talk, proposing solutions will feel like a waste of time.
Maybe it would be good to create a dedicated brainstorming thread to try and mitigate this a little bit.