All of the topics you discussed are indeed useful, and posts about them are eligible for the Prize. The only non-eligible posts are those written by voters or those that come from CEA.
I hope that “being in the 97% of posts that don’t win a prize this time around” isn’t a major disinc, and I think it would be disingenuous to specifically favor critical pieces in the voting process. For now, we’re doing a really hands-off process with no formal guidelines for voters, which has led to a mix of research and meta posts winning the prize, some of which contained direct criticism of EA organizations and charity recommendations.
All of the topics you discussed are indeed useful, and posts about them are eligible for the Prize. The only non-eligible posts are those written by voters or those that come from CEA.
I hope that “being in the 97% of posts that don’t win a prize this time around” isn’t a major disinc, and I think it would be disingenuous to specifically favor critical pieces in the voting process. For now, we’re doing a really hands-off process with no formal guidelines for voters, which has led to a mix of research and meta posts winning the prize, some of which contained direct criticism of EA organizations and charity recommendations.