Thank you for writing this! I strongly agree that we should broaden the tent.
EA’s biggest weakness in my opinion is that almost nobody knows what it is. I’ve spoken to many hundreds of athletes about EA in the last 2 years and only a handful had any idea what it was (hadn’t heard the term) before I explained it. These are people with large audiences and cultural clout, who could be outsized levers in bringing the ideas to hundreds of millions.
However, EA as it presents itself right now seems quite exclusive. I don’t believe that broadening the tent would lessen the direction or determination of those who are “pure” EA, but would gather a much more powerful groundswell around it.
Thanks—I agree with this, though I’d note that within DC and academic circles, the movement is far better known, which probably accentuates rather than addresses the elitism.
Given that, I would be interested in any thoughts on what a populist movement around EA looks like, and how we could build a world where giving effectively was a norm that was reinforced socially, - especially if we can figure out how that could happen without needing central direction, nor encouraging fanaticism and competition about who gives the most or is the most dedicated.
Thank you for writing this! I strongly agree that we should broaden the tent.
EA’s biggest weakness in my opinion is that almost nobody knows what it is. I’ve spoken to many hundreds of athletes about EA in the last 2 years and only a handful had any idea what it was (hadn’t heard the term) before I explained it. These are people with large audiences and cultural clout, who could be outsized levers in bringing the ideas to hundreds of millions.
However, EA as it presents itself right now seems quite exclusive. I don’t believe that broadening the tent would lessen the direction or determination of those who are “pure” EA, but would gather a much more powerful groundswell around it.
Thanks—I agree with this, though I’d note that within DC and academic circles, the movement is far better known, which probably accentuates rather than addresses the elitism.
Given that, I would be interested in any thoughts on what a populist movement around EA looks like, and how we could build a world where giving effectively was a norm that was reinforced socially, - especially if we can figure out how that could happen without needing central direction, nor encouraging fanaticism and competition about who gives the most or is the most dedicated.