Another consideration I’m not sure of is that a mainly English speaking community will be easier to coordinate than one of the same size split across many languages and cultures, so this might be reason to focus initially on one language (to the extent that efforts across different languages funge with each other).
This seems no more (to me, less) of a concern than that having a diversity of languages and cultures would help avoid it becoming tribalised.
Also, re the idea of coordination, cf my comment above about ‘thought leaders’. I know it’s something Will’s been pushing for, but I’m concerned about the overconcentration of influence in eg EA funds (although that’s a slightly different issue from an overemphasis on the ideas of certain people)
Another consideration I’m not sure of is that a mainly English speaking community will be easier to coordinate than one of the same size split across many languages and cultures, so this might be reason to focus initially on one language (to the extent that efforts across different languages funge with each other).
This seems no more (to me, less) of a concern than that having a diversity of languages and cultures would help avoid it becoming tribalised.
Also, re the idea of coordination, cf my comment above about ‘thought leaders’. I know it’s something Will’s been pushing for, but I’m concerned about the overconcentration of influence in eg EA funds (although that’s a slightly different issue from an overemphasis on the ideas of certain people)