Iâm a bit confused about the âKnown Causesâ part.
What is approximately the current distribution of resources? Was it displayed/âknown to respondents?
Even though someone is working within one cause, there are many practical reasons to use a âportfolioâ approach (say; risk aversion, moral trade, diminishing marginal returns, making the EA brand more inclusive to people and ideas). It seems that each different approach will lend itself to a different portfolio. Iâm not sure how to think about the data here, and what does the average mean.
We didnât attempt to estimate the current distribution of resources before sending out the survey.
I talk about the limitations of the prioritization data in my reply to another comment here. In short: I donât think the averages are too meaningful, but we wanted to share the data we had collected; the data is also a useful âsanity checkâ on some commonplace beliefs about EA (e.g. testing whether leaders really care about longtermism to the exclusion of all else).
Iâm a bit confused about the âKnown Causesâ part.
What is approximately the current distribution of resources? Was it displayed/âknown to respondents?
Even though someone is working within one cause, there are many practical reasons to use a âportfolioâ approach (say; risk aversion, moral trade, diminishing marginal returns, making the EA brand more inclusive to people and ideas). It seems that each different approach will lend itself to a different portfolio. Iâm not sure how to think about the data here, and what does the average mean.
We didnât attempt to estimate the current distribution of resources before sending out the survey.
I talk about the limitations of the prioritization data in my reply to another comment here. In short: I donât think the averages are too meaningful, but we wanted to share the data we had collected; the data is also a useful âsanity checkâ on some commonplace beliefs about EA (e.g. testing whether leaders really care about longtermism to the exclusion of all else).