I agree with all of this up until the cause prioritisation part. I’m confused about why you think it would be a mental health concern?
There’s a very big space of options between feeling like there’s only one socially valid opinion about a cause area and feeling like you have to do a rigorous piece of analysis of all causes in 6 weeks. I gather the OP wants something that’s more just an extension of ‘developing better ways of thinking and forming opinions’ about causes, and not quashing people’s organic critical reflections about the ideas they encounter.
Surely we want more analytical people who can think clearly and are net contributors to important intellectual debates in EA, rather than people who just jump on bandwagons and regurgitate consensus arguments.
I don’t! I meant to say that students who have mental health concerns may find it harder to do cause prioritization while balancing everything else.
I gather the OP wants something that’s more just an extension of ‘developing better ways of thinking and forming opinions’ about causes, and not quashing people’s organic critical reflections about the ideas they encounter.
I was unsure if this is what OP meant; if yes, then I fully agree.
I agree with all of this up until the cause prioritisation part. I’m confused about why you think it would be a mental health concern?
There’s a very big space of options between feeling like there’s only one socially valid opinion about a cause area and feeling like you have to do a rigorous piece of analysis of all causes in 6 weeks. I gather the OP wants something that’s more just an extension of ‘developing better ways of thinking and forming opinions’ about causes, and not quashing people’s organic critical reflections about the ideas they encounter.
Surely we want more analytical people who can think clearly and are net contributors to important intellectual debates in EA, rather than people who just jump on bandwagons and regurgitate consensus arguments.
I don’t! I meant to say that students who have mental health concerns may find it harder to do cause prioritization while balancing everything else.
I was unsure if this is what OP meant; if yes, then I fully agree.