I actually think the question about the definition of existential risk is useful, in order to make sure that everyone understands it correctly and doesn’t think it means “risk that humanity goes extinct”. If you’ve spent a lot of time learning about EA already, I don’t think you would find much novel information from the Intro EA Fellowship, and I think that’s fine.
I agree it’s fine if fellowships aren’t interesting to already-engaged EAs and I also see why the question is asked—I don’t even have a strong view on whether it’s a bad idea to ask it.
I do think though that the fellowship would have been boring to me at times, even if I had known much less about EA. But maybe I’m just not the type of person who likes to learn stuff in groups and I was never part of the target audience.
I actually think the question about the definition of existential risk is useful, in order to make sure that everyone understands it correctly and doesn’t think it means “risk that humanity goes extinct”. If you’ve spent a lot of time learning about EA already, I don’t think you would find much novel information from the Intro EA Fellowship, and I think that’s fine.
I agree it’s fine if fellowships aren’t interesting to already-engaged EAs and I also see why the question is asked—I don’t even have a strong view on whether it’s a bad idea to ask it.
I do think though that the fellowship would have been boring to me at times, even if I had known much less about EA. But maybe I’m just not the type of person who likes to learn stuff in groups and I was never part of the target audience.