So, are you arguing that investing in EA outreach in domain-specific ways can’t compete or that investing in EA outreach at all can’t compete? Your last paragraph sounds like you’re saying the latter, but I find that to be a rather nonsensical position if you think that correctly targeted donations are so highly leveraged.
If the claim is that domain-specific EA outreach is less effective per unit invested than cause neutral EA outreach, keep in mind that I argue domain-specific EA outreach will grow the movement faster/more than the alternative, which in turn creates more resources that can be deployed toward further outreach (or other helpful functions, like operations or research). Depending on your assumptions about the ratio between the total ceiling of cause-neutral people and domain-specific people out there, that growth factor could be extremely significant to EA’s total impact on the world.
The former; outreach is great. It would probably be better if you argued in the thread above to collect your thoughts in one place, since I share Ben Todd’s opinion and he put it much better than I could.
I enjoyed reading your well thought out post by the way!
So, are you arguing that investing in EA outreach in domain-specific ways can’t compete or that investing in EA outreach at all can’t compete? Your last paragraph sounds like you’re saying the latter, but I find that to be a rather nonsensical position if you think that correctly targeted donations are so highly leveraged.
If the claim is that domain-specific EA outreach is less effective per unit invested than cause neutral EA outreach, keep in mind that I argue domain-specific EA outreach will grow the movement faster/more than the alternative, which in turn creates more resources that can be deployed toward further outreach (or other helpful functions, like operations or research). Depending on your assumptions about the ratio between the total ceiling of cause-neutral people and domain-specific people out there, that growth factor could be extremely significant to EA’s total impact on the world.
The former; outreach is great. It would probably be better if you argued in the thread above to collect your thoughts in one place, since I share Ben Todd’s opinion and he put it much better than I could. I enjoyed reading your well thought out post by the way!