It seems to me like some modeling here would be highly useful
The basic model is really easy. Total number of community members at time t is e(r−v)t, where r is the movement growth rate and v is the value drift rate. So if the value of the EA community is proportional to the number of members, then increasing r by some number of percentage points is exactly as good as decreasing v by the same amount.
It’s less obvious how to model the tractability of changing r and v.
The basic model is really easy. Total number of community members at time
t
is e(r−v)t, wherer
is the movement growth rate andv
is the value drift rate. So if the value of the EA community is proportional to the number of members, then increasingr
by some number of percentage points is exactly as good as decreasingv
by the same amount.It’s less obvious how to model the tractability of changing
r
andv
.