I was chatting with Julia Wise about this post. It seems plausible the types of people we prioritize recruiting isn’t such a black-and-white issue. For instance, it seems likely that EA can better take advantage of network effects with some mass-movement-style tactics.
That said, it seems likely that there might be a lot of neglected low-hanging fruit in terms of outreach to people with extreme influence, talent or net worth.
I’m not claiming this is optimal, but I might be claiming what I’m about to say may be more optimal than anything else that 98% of EAs are actually doing.
There are a couple thousand billionaires on the planet. There are also about as many EAs.
Let’s say 500 billionaires are EA friendly under some set of conditions. Then it may well be that the best use of the top 500 EAs is to minutiously study single individual billionaires. Understand their values, where they come from, what makes them tick. Draw their CT-chart, find out their attachment style, personality disorder, and childhood nostalgia.
Then approach them to help them, and while solving many of their problems faster than they can even see it, also show them the great chance they have of helping the world.
I was chatting with Julia Wise about this post. It seems plausible the types of people we prioritize recruiting isn’t such a black-and-white issue. For instance, it seems likely that EA can better take advantage of network effects with some mass-movement-style tactics.
That said, it seems likely that there might be a lot of neglected low-hanging fruit in terms of outreach to people with extreme influence, talent or net worth.
I’m not claiming this is optimal, but I might be claiming what I’m about to say may be more optimal than anything else that 98% of EAs are actually doing.
There are a couple thousand billionaires on the planet. There are also about as many EAs.
Let’s say 500 billionaires are EA friendly under some set of conditions. Then it may well be that the best use of the top 500 EAs is to minutiously study single individual billionaires. Understand their values, where they come from, what makes them tick. Draw their CT-chart, find out their attachment style, personality disorder, and childhood nostalgia. Then approach them to help them, and while solving many of their problems faster than they can even see it, also show them the great chance they have of helping the world.
Ready set go: http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/list/