Usually, in EA circles, I find there is too much philosophizing and not enough action. But in this case, I feel like biodiversity/âecoresilience has failed to come up with enough philosophical justification for why biodiversity/âecoresilience matters.
We donât aim to convince more EAâs to care about biodiversity. If you ALREADY support biodiversity conservation, we want to provide answers on how to do it better.
I feel like this is step 1 though. I would feel similar if someone were to recommend DanceVariety Initative, a 2 year old research group building an effective altruism-based recommendation framework for variety in dance styles and the first step wasnât âconvince a critical mass of EAs that this is a top priority in the first placeâ.
Effective altruism-based recommendation framework for biodiversity and ecosystems
The EA framework is essentially applying rigor, quantification, measurement, etc. to the worldâs most pressing problems but there is no reason you canât apply rigor, quantification and measurement to anything (maximizing shareholder value, collecting stamps, getting good at chess, making your NBA team better). What makes it EA is when it is applied to the most pressing problems and I donât think biodiversity/âecoresilience has made a compelling case or put enough effort into it.
Usually, in EA circles, I find there is too much philosophizing and not enough action. But in this case, I feel like biodiversity/âecoresilience has failed to come up with enough philosophical justification for why biodiversity/âecoresilience matters.
I feel like this is step 1 though. I would feel similar if someone were to recommend DanceVariety Initative, a 2 year old research group building an effective altruism-based recommendation framework for variety in dance styles and the first step wasnât âconvince a critical mass of EAs that this is a top priority in the first placeâ.
The EA framework is essentially applying rigor, quantification, measurement, etc. to the worldâs most pressing problems but there is no reason you canât apply rigor, quantification and measurement to anything (maximizing shareholder value, collecting stamps, getting good at chess, making your NBA team better). What makes it EA is when it is applied to the most pressing problems and I donât think biodiversity/âecoresilience has made a compelling case or put enough effort into it.