I agree with the overall point, though I am not I’ve seen much empirical evidence for the GHD as a good starting point claim (or at least I think it’s often overstated). I got into EA stuff though GHD, but, this may have just been because there were a lot more GHD/EA intro materials at the time. I think that the eco-system is now a lot more developed and I wouldn’t be surprised if GHD didn’t have much of an edge over cause first outreach (for AW or x-risk).
Maybe our analysis should be focussed on EA principles, but the interventions themselves can be branded however they like? E.g. We’re happy to fund GHD giving games because we believe that they contribute to promoting caring about impartiality and cost-effectiveness in doing good—but they don’t get much of a boost or penalty from being GHD giving games (as opposed to some other suitable cause area).
I agree with the overall point, though I am not I’ve seen much empirical evidence for the GHD as a good starting point claim (or at least I think it’s often overstated). I got into EA stuff though GHD, but, this may have just been because there were a lot more GHD/EA intro materials at the time. I think that the eco-system is now a lot more developed and I wouldn’t be surprised if GHD didn’t have much of an edge over cause first outreach (for AW or x-risk).
Maybe our analysis should be focussed on EA principles, but the interventions themselves can be branded however they like? E.g. We’re happy to fund GHD giving games because we believe that they contribute to promoting caring about impartiality and cost-effectiveness in doing good—but they don’t get much of a boost or penalty from being GHD giving games (as opposed to some other suitable cause area).