I agree with this message, but I still think EA has something important to contribute to the mindset of systemic change advocates. E.g. scientific thinking, measuring outcomes, checking the accuracy of our beliefs, etc.
Recognizing the existence of systemic problems is far from enough to solve them. We have to carefully analyze how to apply our resources to that, and to make sure we’re not letting the poor fall between the cracks in the meantime (or the entire world go extinct).
Is the “final form” of EA simply radical, much-more-inclusive democracy?
I don’t think it’s possible to reliably predict now the “final form of EA”, if such a constant limit even exists. But IMO the inability of any currently existing ideology or social movement to solve the world’s problems so far, probably precludes the definition of our aspirations entirely in terms of those.
I agree with this message, but I still think EA has something important to contribute to the mindset of systemic change advocates. E.g. scientific thinking, measuring outcomes, checking the accuracy of our beliefs, etc.
Recognizing the existence of systemic problems is far from enough to solve them. We have to carefully analyze how to apply our resources to that, and to make sure we’re not letting the poor fall between the cracks in the meantime (or the entire world go extinct).
I don’t think it’s possible to reliably predict now the “final form of EA”, if such a constant limit even exists. But IMO the inability of any currently existing ideology or social movement to solve the world’s problems so far, probably precludes the definition of our aspirations entirely in terms of those.