I’m not going to talk at this tjme about why I think it’s important—but I do think it’s really really important.
As someone both trying to start a group and to find someone else to run it so I can move to other places, I’m really curious about your perspective on this. In my model, a lot of the value of a group comes from helping anyone that’s vaguely interested in doing good effectively to better achieve their goals, and to introduce them to online resources, opportunities, and communities.
I would guess that even if the leader has poor epistemics, they can still do a good enough job of telling people: “EA exists, here are some resources/opportunities you might find useful, happy to answer your 101 questions”.
I have heard a similar take from someone on the CEA groups team, so I would really want to understand this better.
As someone both trying to start a group and to find someone else to run it so I can move to other places, I’m really curious about your perspective on this.
In my model, a lot of the value of a group comes from helping anyone that’s vaguely interested in doing good effectively to better achieve their goals, and to introduce them to online resources, opportunities, and communities.
I would guess that even if the leader has poor epistemics, they can still do a good enough job of telling people: “EA exists, here are some resources/opportunities you might find useful, happy to answer your 101 questions”.
I have heard a similar take from someone on the CEA groups team, so I would really want to understand this better.