Neoliberals tend to talk about issues that many people take an interest in to a greater extent than EAs do. I would guess that that’s an important part of the explanation of the Neoliberals’ greater success on Twitter.
You might be partially right, but in the early days we were largely memeing about free trade, immigration, and semi-ironic worship of central bankers. Most of that isn’t exactly the hot thing with the youths, but never underestimate the power of memes to make something ironically cool in a subculture.
Hmm, I’m not sure if that’s true. People really like animals, people find emerging technology/futurism interesting, and even some of the weirder ideas (eg., philosophy of mind, aliens) are captivating to people (at least when dumbed down somewhat). Contrast these ideas with wonky political ideas like monetary policy or open borders, and I’d guess that EA-issues come out ahead of neoliberal issues on interest.
Yeah, but they might be shocked that we think of some of “the weirder ideas” as the most pressing. Most people think the economy, civil rights, climate change, etc. are the biggest issues.
Neoliberals tend to talk about issues that many people take an interest in to a greater extent than EAs do. I would guess that that’s an important part of the explanation of the Neoliberals’ greater success on Twitter.
You might be partially right, but in the early days we were largely memeing about free trade, immigration, and semi-ironic worship of central bankers. Most of that isn’t exactly the hot thing with the youths, but never underestimate the power of memes to make something ironically cool in a subculture.
I’ve been reading the comments in this thread but this one convinces me it’d be worthwhile to do a review of the impact of dank effective altruism memes.
Hmm, I’m not sure if that’s true. People really like animals, people find emerging technology/futurism interesting, and even some of the weirder ideas (eg., philosophy of mind, aliens) are captivating to people (at least when dumbed down somewhat). Contrast these ideas with wonky political ideas like monetary policy or open borders, and I’d guess that EA-issues come out ahead of neoliberal issues on interest.
Yeah, but they might be shocked that we think of some of “the weirder ideas” as the most pressing. Most people think the economy, civil rights, climate change, etc. are the biggest issues.