I think youâre maybe treating the âclearly goodâ /â mild end of this spectrum as being specific to global poverty? But I think thereâs a lot of x-risk work thatâs towards this end too: reducing the risk of nuclear war, reducing airborne pathogen spread, etc.
But with Jasonâs extension of the metaphor, I also think maybe Kelseyâs audience on Vox wants to be challenged a bit, and the clearly-good stuff is less interesting. But that doesnât mean hitting them with the weirdest ideas anyone within EA is playing with is going to work well! You still need to match your offering to your audience, and balance wanting to introduce stranger things against not overwhelming them with something too different.
I think every cause can be presented normally/âweirdly depending on how you do it, it was just in that example Kelsey was discussing global dev and I think a lot of people in EA assume that more people are interested in global development as they are just looking outside their bubble into a slightly larger bubble.
I would agree that itâs usually best to introduce people to ideas closer to their interests (in any cause area) before moving onto related ones. Although sometimes theyâll be more interested in the âweirdâ ideas before getting involved in EA, and EA helps them approach it practically.
I think youâre maybe treating the âclearly goodâ /â mild end of this spectrum as being specific to global poverty? But I think thereâs a lot of x-risk work thatâs towards this end too: reducing the risk of nuclear war, reducing airborne pathogen spread, etc.
But with Jasonâs extension of the metaphor, I also think maybe Kelseyâs audience on Vox wants to be challenged a bit, and the clearly-good stuff is less interesting. But that doesnât mean hitting them with the weirdest ideas anyone within EA is playing with is going to work well! You still need to match your offering to your audience, and balance wanting to introduce stranger things against not overwhelming them with something too different.
I think every cause can be presented normally/âweirdly depending on how you do it, it was just in that example Kelsey was discussing global dev and I think a lot of people in EA assume that more people are interested in global development as they are just looking outside their bubble into a slightly larger bubble.
I would agree that itâs usually best to introduce people to ideas closer to their interests (in any cause area) before moving onto related ones. Although sometimes theyâll be more interested in the âweirdâ ideas before getting involved in EA, and EA helps them approach it practically.