Thanks for taking time to respond so thoughtfully Lucrectia! I am considering many things to improve things especially in EA: -Make a reading group on allyship happen, with a focus on EA (to anyone reading this: please let me know if you are a self identified man and want to be part of this!) -Try to find a way to talk to and understand the men who have conflicted feelings about gender equality etc. (to anyone who might read this: please let me know if you would like to talk—I understand trust can be an issue but I think we can work through that) -Write posts e.g. here on the EAF, but I am unsure of the balance between taking a stance and taking up too much space -Do my share of reproductive work at home with a wife who is a successful and ambitious academic and with 2 small kids—I feel like this should be my first priority!
This is a great list! I think this one is extremely valuable and something that men may be better equipped to do than I would:
Try to find a way to talk to and understand the men who have conflicted feelings about gender equality etc. (to anyone who might read this: please let me know if you would like to talk—I understand trust can be an issue but I think we can work through that)
I’d love to write another post about this too, targeted at men who have conflicted feeling about gender equality, sexual violence, etc. The problem with this current post is it may be preaching to the choir :) Someone (probably me) needs to shill AI Twitter with these ideas, but rebranded to the average mid-twenties male AI researcher. “Fighting bad actors in AI” has been one message I’ve been playing with.
Thanks for taking time to respond so thoughtfully Lucrectia! I am considering many things to improve things especially in EA:
-Make a reading group on allyship happen, with a focus on EA (to anyone reading this: please let me know if you are a self identified man and want to be part of this!)
-Try to find a way to talk to and understand the men who have conflicted feelings about gender equality etc. (to anyone who might read this: please let me know if you would like to talk—I understand trust can be an issue but I think we can work through that)
-Write posts e.g. here on the EAF, but I am unsure of the balance between taking a stance and taking up too much space
-Do my share of reproductive work at home with a wife who is a successful and ambitious academic and with 2 small kids—I feel like this should be my first priority!
This is a great list! I think this one is extremely valuable and something that men may be better equipped to do than I would:
I’d love to write another post about this too, targeted at men who have conflicted feeling about gender equality, sexual violence, etc. The problem with this current post is it may be preaching to the choir :) Someone (probably me) needs to shill AI Twitter with these ideas, but rebranded to the average mid-twenties male AI researcher. “Fighting bad actors in AI” has been one message I’ve been playing with.