Word up. EA massively underestimates how much presentation shapes whether ideas hit their target. You can have airtight arguments and still lose the room if the delivery feels waffly and bloodless (as most, but not all, EA presentations do).
I do think your example there is over-promising, however. I’d put it like
Some of the world’s best-proven charities can save a child’s life for $3,000. This is among the highest-impact uses of money we know of. [See our evidence base]
Re: diversity, I don’t put stock in it. There’s nothing stopping brownish women like me from participating.
Word up. EA massively underestimates how much presentation shapes whether ideas hit their target. You can have airtight arguments and still lose the room if the delivery feels waffly and bloodless (as most, but not all, EA presentations do).
I do think your example there is over-promising, however. I’d put it like
Some of the world’s best-proven charities can save a child’s life for $3,000. This is among the highest-impact uses of money we know of. [See our evidence base]
Re: diversity, I don’t put stock in it. There’s nothing stopping brownish women like me from participating.