Maybe one point, is that as EAs, inasmuch as we care about people benefiting from our endeavours, we should try to focus on areas that are higher impact rather than just areas that are altruistic, as the permeation of effectiveness only matters in as far as it changes things that matter, so you might as well start with things that matter (unless you need proof of concept to get there within a particular system and want to chose an uncrowded place first)?
Thanks! And good point. Yes, all the usual considerations apply, such as tractability, scale and neglectedness. It’s not obvious that making ineffective altruistic work always is tractable and neglected, and always has scale, but I think that in many cases, it does. For instance, I do think that making politics more rational fulfills all of those conditions.
Sounds great! Nice work getting the network set up :)
Maybe one point, is that as EAs, inasmuch as we care about people benefiting from our endeavours, we should try to focus on areas that are higher impact rather than just areas that are altruistic, as the permeation of effectiveness only matters in as far as it changes things that matter, so you might as well start with things that matter (unless you need proof of concept to get there within a particular system and want to chose an uncrowded place first)?
Thanks! And good point. Yes, all the usual considerations apply, such as tractability, scale and neglectedness. It’s not obvious that making ineffective altruistic work always is tractable and neglected, and always has scale, but I think that in many cases, it does. For instance, I do think that making politics more rational fulfills all of those conditions.