Possibly the solution should be to not try to integrate everything you are interested in.
By analogy, both sex and cheese cake are god, but it is not troubling that for most people there isn’t much overlap between sex and cheese cake. EA isn’t trying to be a political movement, it is trying to be something else, and I don’t think this is a problem.
I think this is more or less correct. EA is not destined to be compatible with everything that we care about, and I think we should be thinking hard about what EA is capable of being and that the project of bringing in leftists is way more difficult than a few messaging tweaks. Those tweaks might bring in a few left-liberals, but once many leftists really see EA—i.e. as more than just a “you should donate more effectively” project—they will not be super interested, I think.
Possibly the solution should be to not try to integrate everything you are interested in.
By analogy, both sex and cheese cake are god, but it is not troubling that for most people there isn’t much overlap between sex and cheese cake. EA isn’t trying to be a political movement, it is trying to be something else, and I don’t think this is a problem.
I think this is more or less correct. EA is not destined to be compatible with everything that we care about, and I think we should be thinking hard about what EA is capable of being and that the project of bringing in leftists is way more difficult than a few messaging tweaks. Those tweaks might bring in a few left-liberals, but once many leftists really see EA—i.e. as more than just a “you should donate more effectively” project—they will not be super interested, I think.