I think this is an interesting vision to reinvigorate things and do kind of feel sometimes “principles first” has been conflated with just “classic EA causes.”
To me, “PR speak” =/= clear effective communication. I think the lack of a clear, coherent message is most of what bothers people, especially during and after a crisis. Without that, it’s hard to talk to different people and meet them where they’re at. It’s not clear to me what the takeaways were or if anyone learned anything.
I feel like “figuring out how to choose leaders and build institutions effectively” is really neglected and it’s kind of shocking there doesn’t seem to be much focus here. A lingering question for me has been “Why can’t we be more effective in who we trust?” and the usual objections sort of just seem like “it’s hard.” But so is AI safety, biorisk, post-AGI prep, etc… so that doesn’t seem super satisfying.
I think this is an interesting vision to reinvigorate things and do kind of feel sometimes “principles first” has been conflated with just “classic EA causes.”
To me, “PR speak” =/= clear effective communication. I think the lack of a clear, coherent message is most of what bothers people, especially during and after a crisis. Without that, it’s hard to talk to different people and meet them where they’re at. It’s not clear to me what the takeaways were or if anyone learned anything.
I feel like “figuring out how to choose leaders and build institutions effectively” is really neglected and it’s kind of shocking there doesn’t seem to be much focus here. A lingering question for me has been “Why can’t we be more effective in who we trust?” and the usual objections sort of just seem like “it’s hard.” But so is AI safety, biorisk, post-AGI prep, etc… so that doesn’t seem super satisfying.