I expect that the best thing to do will vary substantially depending on whether we’re considering
(a) the EA community / movement-building per se
(b) EA-aligned organisations trying to implement specific projects for a given cause area
(c) fundraising
With (a), we’d want to consider some of the cultural risks or unintended consequences (e.g. as pointed by David Mathers and titotal) alongside the benefit of different perspectives. But this is less important for (b), where engaging and collaborating with people with more conversative perspectives could be critical for a project to succeed. With (c) I guess we should welcome and encourage funding from most sources, at least from small/medium donors (with larger donors we may want to be more cautious in case of reputational risks—but this obviously doesn’t just apply to conservatives!)
I expect that the best thing to do will vary substantially depending on whether we’re considering
(a) the EA community / movement-building per se
(b) EA-aligned organisations trying to implement specific projects for a given cause area
(c) fundraising
With (a), we’d want to consider some of the cultural risks or unintended consequences (e.g. as pointed by David Mathers and titotal) alongside the benefit of different perspectives. But this is less important for (b), where engaging and collaborating with people with more conversative perspectives could be critical for a project to succeed. With (c) I guess we should welcome and encourage funding from most sources, at least from small/medium donors (with larger donors we may want to be more cautious in case of reputational risks—but this obviously doesn’t just apply to conservatives!)