Edit: I changed my mind. I think Harvard EA is probably a great example of low hanging fruit. I don’t know for sure whether someone else would have started it if you hadn’t, certainly not anytime soon, and it probably does make an impact (by increasing the “surface area” of EA).
(old comment which I no longer believe: “My tone came off wrong, didn’t mean to accuse you personally of ineffectiveness in side projects. Maybe you’re an exception—I haven’t been following your projects closely—but in general, I tend to think that it’s really really hard to do a really good job, the kind where one could hope to move the needle on a global scale, unless one is constantly obsessing over the problems.”)
(Historical note: I didn’t actually start HEA, merely took it over after a complete leadership turnover. I do think that without my and John Sturm’s intervention it would have gone defunct though.)
Ok, fair enough.
Edit: I changed my mind. I think Harvard EA is probably a great example of low hanging fruit. I don’t know for sure whether someone else would have started it if you hadn’t, certainly not anytime soon, and it probably does make an impact (by increasing the “surface area” of EA).
(old comment which I no longer believe: “My tone came off wrong, didn’t mean to accuse you personally of ineffectiveness in side projects. Maybe you’re an exception—I haven’t been following your projects closely—but in general, I tend to think that it’s really really hard to do a really good job, the kind where one could hope to move the needle on a global scale, unless one is constantly obsessing over the problems.”)
(Historical note: I didn’t actually start HEA, merely took it over after a complete leadership turnover. I do think that without my and John Sturm’s intervention it would have gone defunct though.)