I’ll echo some of the other commenters: thanks for writing this, I appreciated the post! I don’t entirely agree with everything you say, but I do really want to see more art and thought put into aesthetics. (On the other hand, I’m not sure how much of our resources we should put into this.)
Great links, thanks! I agree that how much resources is a core question. It seems plausible to me that there’s currently a low-level baseline of caring about aesthetics, fiction, art etc. that has been sufficient so far, but EA will need a bit more intentionality as it grows.
I’ll echo some of the other commenters: thanks for writing this, I appreciated the post! I don’t entirely agree with everything you say, but I do really want to see more art and thought put into aesthetics. (On the other hand, I’m not sure how much of our resources we should put into this.)
You might be interested in:
My question from January: “What are some artworks relevant to EA?”
“FLI launches Worldbuilding Contest with $100,000 in prizes,” also from January (I only skimmed the initial post and haven’t looked at the submissions yet)
The “Effective altruism art and fiction” topic
Great links, thanks! I agree that how much resources is a core question. It seems plausible to me that there’s currently a low-level baseline of caring about aesthetics, fiction, art etc. that has been sufficient so far, but EA will need a bit more intentionality as it grows.