Thanks for this detailed reply! I appreciate these aren’t questions with simple answers.
research into what type of activities have good long-term returns for longtermists
Do you mind elaborating slightly on what you mean here? To me this just reads as finding out the best activities to do if you’re a longtermist, but given that you say it’s a “small slice of our portfolio” I suspect this is this more specific.
I mean for various activities X, estimating how many resources end up devoted to longtermist ends as a result of X (and what the lags are).
e.g. some Xs = writing articles about longtermism; giving talks in schools; talking about EA but not explicitly longtermism; outreach to foundations; consultancy to help people give better according to their values (and clarify those values); …
Thanks for this detailed reply! I appreciate these aren’t questions with simple answers.
Do you mind elaborating slightly on what you mean here? To me this just reads as finding out the best activities to do if you’re a longtermist, but given that you say it’s a “small slice of our portfolio” I suspect this is this more specific.
Sorry that was poorly worded.
I mean for various activities X, estimating how many resources end up devoted to longtermist ends as a result of X (and what the lags are).
e.g. some Xs = writing articles about longtermism; giving talks in schools; talking about EA but not explicitly longtermism; outreach to foundations; consultancy to help people give better according to their values (and clarify those values); …
Ah OK thanks, that makes sense. Certainly seems worthwhile to have more research into this