Thanks David! This is puzzling, but it might be what Elliot is pointing out. That AW is still a priority, but somehow this is not reflected on fundraising unfortunately.
One take is that what is happening is that the movement cares more about animal welfare as a cause area over time, but that the care and concern for AI safety/x-risk reduction has increased even more, and so people are shifting their limited time and resources towards those cause areas. This leads to the dynamic of the movement wanting animal advocacy efforts to win, but not being the ones to dedicate their donations or career to the effort.
Interestingly, community members’ prioritisation of animal welfare appears to have been increasing in recent years. (https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CKwDgZGLipchAoxtN/ea-survey-2024-cause-prioritization#Trends_in_cause_prioritization_over_time)
This is neither to agree or disagree with the observation about representation of animal welfare at EA conferences and such.
Thanks David! This is puzzling, but it might be what Elliot is pointing out. That AW is still a priority, but somehow this is not reflected on fundraising unfortunately.
One take is that what is happening is that the movement cares more about animal welfare as a cause area over time, but that the care and concern for AI safety/x-risk reduction has increased even more, and so people are shifting their limited time and resources towards those cause areas. This leads to the dynamic of the movement wanting animal advocacy efforts to win, but not being the ones to dedicate their donations or career to the effort.