Each person has a unique nature that means most given ideas will probably be additive to EA if you’ve reflected on it for a bit. So have a low bar to ask questions or make a post, using the shortforum format to publish less fleshed out ideas.
Some specific useful bits:
The EA Forum is a flat intellectual hierarchy, so feel free to comment wherever you think you can be additive, despite the title of the person you may be commenting to
If you’ve engaged deeply with something recently (read a book most people in EA haven’t, took a class at university, etc.) it is probably worth it to try to condense what you learned and share it with others
Summary of the guidance here (roughly):
Each person has a unique nature that means most given ideas will probably be additive to EA if you’ve reflected on it for a bit. So have a low bar to ask questions or make a post, using the shortforum format to publish less fleshed out ideas.
Some specific useful bits:
The EA Forum is a flat intellectual hierarchy, so feel free to comment wherever you think you can be additive, despite the title of the person you may be commenting to
If you’ve engaged deeply with something recently (read a book most people in EA haven’t, took a class at university, etc.) it is probably worth it to try to condense what you learned and share it with others