I think a course which was more or less How To Measure Anything applied to EA with modern techniques and technologies would be a fantastic starter for prioritization research, and give people generally useful skills too.
Just want to strongly agree with this. Those are real figure-out-how-the-world-works skills. If anyone wants an overview, Luke Muehlhauser did an in-depth summary here.
Even if you think the project was net-negative, I hope this doesn’t put you off starting new things. Exploration is very valuable, even if the median case is a failure.
Further agreement. Seeing this failed project report is one of the few signs to me that EA is actually trying. I have a vague recollection of Charity Science doing a failed project report too.
Just want to strongly agree with this. Those are real figure-out-how-the-world-works skills. If anyone wants an overview, Luke Muehlhauser did an in-depth summary here.
Further agreement. Seeing this failed project report is one of the few signs to me that EA is actually trying. I have a vague recollection of Charity Science doing a failed project report too.