Keep in mind that the people who are commenting, writing call-out posts, etc., online are both a) only a small fraction of EAs, and b) a particularly skewed sample in the current moment.
Some of us either chose or were asked to be quiet for now, or are still reeling from our losses and not sure what to say.
2. I think it will be much more useful to focus on cold takes, when people are ready to share them over the coming weeks/months.
Polis is a better tool for understanding opinions than most other discussions we’ve had here.
Polis isn’t about size of opinions, but breadth and correlation. You don’t need respondents to be representative to get a sense of what different parts of the community thinks here.
I agree with the cold takes point, there is a comment like that in the poll.
This is a good point. I am interested to hear what you think of the idea of having an EA research participant panel that we can recruit from to understand consensus within community debates?
Thanks. I’m not entirely sure what you’re proposing but my guess is that we have better things to do with our time. Sorry for the unsophisticated answer!
In case the results end up getting used to argue “EA thinks X”, I want to add a couple of caveats regarding “our opinions”:
1. This note from Linch on another post:
2. I think it will be much more useful to focus on cold takes, when people are ready to share them over the coming weeks/months.
Polis is a better tool for understanding opinions than most other discussions we’ve had here.
Polis isn’t about size of opinions, but breadth and correlation. You don’t need respondents to be representative to get a sense of what different parts of the community thinks here.
I agree with the cold takes point, there is a comment like that in the poll.
Oh interesting, nice. Thanks for adding the ‘Longer intro’ section.
I added that while you were commenting, but have updated it since your comments. Great minds think alike etc etc.
This is a good point. I am interested to hear what you think of the idea of having an EA research participant panel that we can recruit from to understand consensus within community debates?
Thanks. I’m not entirely sure what you’re proposing but my guess is that we have better things to do with our time. Sorry for the unsophisticated answer!