Thanks! In this other comment, I started wondering whether the main crux (for people not worrying that much about SARP) was the temporary setback view or animal advocates just believing they don’t contribute to SARP, and you’re providing some more reasons to believe it’s the latter.
Yeah, I think (a) many people don’t think about it, (b) some people do think about it and try to adjust accordingly (which they may succeed or fail at), and (c) some people acknowledge it but think of it as a temporary setback related to moral circle expansion.
I’m curious if you’re hoping to shift people’s thinking about strategy in any specific direction here, due to bringing this up? Are there specific changes you’d like to see advocates make, or some definition of “success” for improving advocacy strategies based on this awareness?
Might be interesting to do specific quantitative analysis and projections of various scenarios, as well, although of course that’s its own research project.
I’m curious if you’re hoping to shift people’s thinking about strategy in any specific direction here, due to bringing this up?
Not really, at least not with this specific post. I just wanted to learn things by getting people’s thoughts on SARP and the temporary setback view. Maybe I also very marginally made people update a bit towards “SARP might be a bigger deal than I thought” and “animal macrostrategy is complex and important”, and that seems cool, but this wasn’t the goal.
I like your questions. They got me thinking a lot. :)
Thanks! In this other comment, I started wondering whether the main crux (for people not worrying that much about SARP) was the temporary setback view or animal advocates just believing they don’t contribute to SARP, and you’re providing some more reasons to believe it’s the latter.
Yeah, I think (a) many people don’t think about it, (b) some people do think about it and try to adjust accordingly (which they may succeed or fail at), and (c) some people acknowledge it but think of it as a temporary setback related to moral circle expansion.
I’m curious if you’re hoping to shift people’s thinking about strategy in any specific direction here, due to bringing this up? Are there specific changes you’d like to see advocates make, or some definition of “success” for improving advocacy strategies based on this awareness?
Might be interesting to do specific quantitative analysis and projections of various scenarios, as well, although of course that’s its own research project.
Not really, at least not with this specific post. I just wanted to learn things by getting people’s thoughts on SARP and the temporary setback view. Maybe I also very marginally made people update a bit towards “SARP might be a bigger deal than I thought” and “animal macrostrategy is complex and important”, and that seems cool, but this wasn’t the goal.
I like your questions. They got me thinking a lot. :)