This all sounds reasonable. But maybe if we’re clever we’ll find ways to spread EA fast and well. In the possible worlds where UGAP or 80K or EA Virtual Programs or the EA Infrastructure Fund didn’t exist, EA would spread slower, but not really better. Maybe there’s a possible world where more/bigger things like those exist, where EA spreads very fast and well.
I doubt anyone disagrees with either of our above two comments. 🙂
I just have noticed that when people focus on growing faster, they sometimes push for strategies that I think do more harm than good because we all forget the higher level goals mid project.
I’m not against a lot of faster growth strategies than currently get implemented.
I am against focusing on faster growth because the higher level goal of “faster growth” makes it easy to miss some big picture considerations.
A better higher level goal, in my mind, is focus on fundamentals (like scope insensitivity or cause neutrality or the Pareto principal applied to career choice and donations) over conclusions.
I think this would result in faster growth with much less of the downsides I see in focusing on faster growth.
I’m not against faster growth, I am against focusing on it. 🤣
Human psychology is hard to manage. I think we need to have helpful slogans that come easily to mind because none of us are as smart as we think we are. 🤣😅 (I speak from experience 🤣)
Focus on fundamentals. I think that will get us further.
This all sounds reasonable. But maybe if we’re clever we’ll find ways to spread EA fast and well. In the possible worlds where UGAP or 80K or EA Virtual Programs or the EA Infrastructure Fund didn’t exist, EA would spread slower, but not really better. Maybe there’s a possible world where more/bigger things like those exist, where EA spreads very fast and well.
I doubt anyone disagrees with either of our above two comments. 🙂
I just have noticed that when people focus on growing faster, they sometimes push for strategies that I think do more harm than good because we all forget the higher level goals mid project.
I’m not against a lot of faster growth strategies than currently get implemented.
I am against focusing on faster growth because the higher level goal of “faster growth” makes it easy to miss some big picture considerations.
A better higher level goal, in my mind, is focus on fundamentals (like scope insensitivity or cause neutrality or the Pareto principal applied to career choice and donations) over conclusions.
I think this would result in faster growth with much less of the downsides I see in focusing on faster growth.
I’m not against faster growth, I am against focusing on it. 🤣
Human psychology is hard to manage. I think we need to have helpful slogans that come easily to mind because none of us are as smart as we think we are. 🤣😅 (I speak from experience 🤣)
Focus on fundamentals. I think that will get us further.
Agreed.