Especially regarding points like “retreats > fellowships” and “consider going straight for AI risk before EA/longtermism”: I’d be interested to see some kind of virtual event where community organizers and some other participants lay out some of their views community building strategies/etc. in a collaborative space (e.g., a Kialo argument map, an epistemic map, or a plain ol’ Google Doc), identify where people disagree and which disagreements are most consequential (and maybe also which disagreements seem most tractable), and then share supporting/contrasting arguments and clarifying comments/questions. (Not sure what this event could be called; a “claimathon,” perhaps?)
Personally, I think Kialo’s multi-thesis discussion could be a great platform for something like this, but I’d be interested to hear if anyone has other suggestions.
(Assuming something like this doesn’t already exist and I am just not aware of it)
The problem with using forums/comment chains is that the debate can become difficult to navigate and contribute to, due to the linear presentation of nested and parallel arguments. 2-dimensional/tree formats like Kialo seem to handle the problem much more efficiently, in my experience.
Especially regarding points like “retreats > fellowships” and “consider going straight for AI risk before EA/longtermism”: I’d be interested to see some kind of virtual event where community organizers and some other participants lay out some of their views community building strategies/etc. in a collaborative space (e.g., a Kialo argument map, an epistemic map, or a plain ol’ Google Doc), identify where people disagree and which disagreements are most consequential (and maybe also which disagreements seem most tractable), and then share supporting/contrasting arguments and clarifying comments/questions. (Not sure what this event could be called; a “claimathon,” perhaps?)
Personally, I think Kialo’s multi-thesis discussion could be a great platform for something like this, but I’d be interested to hear if anyone has other suggestions.
(Assuming something like this doesn’t already exist and I am just not aware of it)
This could be helpful. Maybe posting questions on the EA forum and allowing the debate to happen in the comments could be a good format for this.
The problem with using forums/comment chains is that the debate can become difficult to navigate and contribute to, due to the linear presentation of nested and parallel arguments. 2-dimensional/tree formats like Kialo seem to handle the problem much more efficiently, in my experience.