Well, thanks, Owen. A small addendum that I peeped in to add…
This post ranks in the top five in a Google Search on “effective altruism spanish”.
In a comment above, the post author says
...want to say that the title of my text might be a bit misleading because we do have good reasons to believe that an EA movement in Spain would be worth it.
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Then why use such a title? What’s the merit of a misleading, clickbait style sweeping title that can put off people, if the author himself does not agree with it and does not stand by it himself?
Surely this sort of sensationalism is counter to the rational, data-driven approach that EA supposedly stands for.
I do stand by the title (in the sense that I don’t think it’s false) because I added a “yet”. I think that EA in spanish-speaking countries is quite far from getting really started. At the very least, six months. And it’s very likely it will only catching on little by little if I decide to work full time on this with a strong team. Due to the enormous talent constraint, it seems unlikely that it will happen soon.
I think that the title may lead to misunderstandings and that it is quite problematic, but it certainly isn’t wrong. Since It leads to misunderstanding, I regret choosing it, and you are right when you point out the problems with it.
Well, thanks, Owen. A small addendum that I peeped in to add…
This post ranks in the top five in a Google Search on “effective altruism spanish”.
In a comment above, the post author says
… Then why use such a title? What’s the merit of a misleading, clickbait style sweeping title that can put off people, if the author himself does not agree with it and does not stand by it himself?
Surely this sort of sensationalism is counter to the rational, data-driven approach that EA supposedly stands for.
I do stand by the title (in the sense that I don’t think it’s false) because I added a “yet”. I think that EA in spanish-speaking countries is quite far from getting really started. At the very least, six months. And it’s very likely it will only catching on little by little if I decide to work full time on this with a strong team. Due to the enormous talent constraint, it seems unlikely that it will happen soon.
I think that the title may lead to misunderstandings and that it is quite problematic, but it certainly isn’t wrong. Since It leads to misunderstanding, I regret choosing it, and you are right when you point out the problems with it.