Strong upvoted. This got me to ponder the thought experiment of imagining an EA community that assumed members and interested people were female by default. I do think that EA content would look somewhat different in that world, primarily in addressing questions about kids. I’d expect that advice and discussion about whether, when, and how to have and raise kids would be a very prominent topic. I might expect talent-contained EA orgs to try and differentiate themselves through perks like on-site childcare. I might also expect more weird and out there stuff that’s targeted at related questions, like maybe in that world, you’d see posts arguing that the most impactful career you can have is being a competent and value-aligned nanny for another EA.
Imagining that world gives me a sense of how the current world looks somewhat male by default, and where we might look to change that.
Strong upvoted. This got me to ponder the thought experiment of imagining an EA community that assumed members and interested people were female by default. I do think that EA content would look somewhat different in that world, primarily in addressing questions about kids. I’d expect that advice and discussion about whether, when, and how to have and raise kids would be a very prominent topic. I might expect talent-contained EA orgs to try and differentiate themselves through perks like on-site childcare. I might also expect more weird and out there stuff that’s targeted at related questions, like maybe in that world, you’d see posts arguing that the most impactful career you can have is being a competent and value-aligned nanny for another EA.
Imagining that world gives me a sense of how the current world looks somewhat male by default, and where we might look to change that.