Have you guys considered rebranding like the Effective Altruism Foundation has to the Center on Long-term Risk or just updating the organization’s description to better reflect your priorities and key ideas?
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But this doesn’t mention anything about longtermism, which seems to be one of the major commitments of 80,000 Hours, one which people coming to 80,000 Hours will often disagree with, and probably the one most responsible for the “bait-and-switch” perception. Possibly also population ethics, although I’m not sure how committed 80,000 Hours is to particular views or to ruling out certain views, or how important this is to 80,000 Hours’ recommendations, anyway. It seemed to have a big impact on the problem quiz (which I really like, by the way!).
I’d imagine rebranding has significant costs, and of course 80,000 Hours still provides significant value to non-longtermist causes and to the EA community as a whole, so I expect it not to make sense. Even updating the description to refer to longtermism might turn away people who could otherwise benefit from 80,000 Hours.
Have you guys considered rebranding like the Effective Altruism Foundation has to the Center on Long-term Risk or just updating the organization’s description to better reflect your priorities and key ideas?
I look at 80,000 Hours’ front page, and I see
But this doesn’t mention anything about longtermism, which seems to be one of the major commitments of 80,000 Hours, one which people coming to 80,000 Hours will often disagree with, and probably the one most responsible for the “bait-and-switch” perception. Possibly also population ethics, although I’m not sure how committed 80,000 Hours is to particular views or to ruling out certain views, or how important this is to 80,000 Hours’ recommendations, anyway. It seemed to have a big impact on the problem quiz (which I really like, by the way!).
I’d imagine rebranding has significant costs, and of course 80,000 Hours still provides significant value to non-longtermist causes and to the EA community as a whole, so I expect it not to make sense. Even updating the description to refer to longtermism might turn away people who could otherwise benefit from 80,000 Hours.
EDIT: Looks like this was mentioned by NunoSempere.