As a communicator that’s been repeatedly frustrated by how EA can inadvertently reinforce negative misperceptions about itself, I’m thrilled about this. It’s wonderful to see the way I experience EA more clearly reflected and see people and the impact they make (which is really what this is all about!) centered. I especially love how prominent the section with individual stories of impact is. I’d love to see some more examples of people working together, however. I’d hypothesize that feeling like you won’t be alone in taking action is very important to people considering taking EA seriously, so I’d love to see more stories of partners and groups making impact mixed in with the individual stories. I’m curious if the work you did with Rethink Priorities would back that up.
All in all, this site is much more conducive to how the average person takes in information and feels called to act. I also think it does a really nice job of preemptively defending from some of the criticisms of EA that come from those who haven’t taken the time to try and understand it. I think the word choice updates are spot on and think it’s so valuable that “helping others” is front and center rather than implied. Much more human. Much more warm and appealing!
As a communicator that’s been repeatedly frustrated by how EA can inadvertently reinforce negative misperceptions about itself, I’m thrilled about this. It’s wonderful to see the way I experience EA more clearly reflected and see people and the impact they make (which is really what this is all about!) centered. I especially love how prominent the section with individual stories of impact is. I’d love to see some more examples of people working together, however. I’d hypothesize that feeling like you won’t be alone in taking action is very important to people considering taking EA seriously, so I’d love to see more stories of partners and groups making impact mixed in with the individual stories. I’m curious if the work you did with Rethink Priorities would back that up.
All in all, this site is much more conducive to how the average person takes in information and feels called to act. I also think it does a really nice job of preemptively defending from some of the criticisms of EA that come from those who haven’t taken the time to try and understand it. I think the word choice updates are spot on and think it’s so valuable that “helping others” is front and center rather than implied. Much more human. Much more warm and appealing!