There are a lot of different kinds of resources the community can provide. Several of these we are already drawing upon; others we may want to start.
We are using:
Ideas. People put out a lot of ideas in the space of thinking about what may be high impact. Sometimes these may lead us to other ideas, or can be developed into something substantial.
Questions. This is really a category of ‘ideas’, but it’s an important one. The questions that other people find important are often great questions to be working on. Here and here are examples of work I’ve done recently that was started by someone asking me a question.
Network. When we want to reach someone with our research, we can often find good routes through the community. I guess we may be underusing this one.
Audience. Some of our output is most likely to have impact by helping improve decisions within the EA community.
Staff. The people who have contributed to GPP so far are engaged in the community. I expect this will be true in the future, and that we will be able to access higher-quality candidates for future roles than if we weren’t connected.
Funding. A large slice of GPP’s funding to date has come through the EA community.
I have some guesses, but I’m not sure about what the last part of your question meant. Could you elaborate?
There are a lot of different kinds of resources the community can provide. Several of these we are already drawing upon; others we may want to start.
We are using:
Ideas. People put out a lot of ideas in the space of thinking about what may be high impact. Sometimes these may lead us to other ideas, or can be developed into something substantial.
Questions. This is really a category of ‘ideas’, but it’s an important one. The questions that other people find important are often great questions to be working on. Here and here are examples of work I’ve done recently that was started by someone asking me a question.
Network. When we want to reach someone with our research, we can often find good routes through the community. I guess we may be underusing this one.
Audience. Some of our output is most likely to have impact by helping improve decisions within the EA community.
Staff. The people who have contributed to GPP so far are engaged in the community. I expect this will be true in the future, and that we will be able to access higher-quality candidates for future roles than if we weren’t connected.
Funding. A large slice of GPP’s funding to date has come through the EA community.
I have some guesses, but I’m not sure about what the last part of your question meant. Could you elaborate?