Iâm the Executive Director of BERI. Thanks for the question, sorry no oneâs answered it until now!
BERI doesnât explicitly identify as an EA-aligned organization, but I wouldnât actively disagree with someone who called BERI an EA org. Some ways in which we are related to the EA movement:
Our mission is to improve human civilizationâs long-term prospects for survival and flourishing. That sounds pretty EA-aligned to me.
We shared an office with CEA for a year.
BERI job openings have been posted on the 80k job board, and we had a table at an EAG SF job fair in 2019.
Multiple past and current BERI employees (including myself) personally identify as EA-aligned.
Despite these links, I havenât felt the need to state our alignment explicitly (e.g. on our website). I have some worries that this sort of question can contribute to an in-group/âout-group mentality. BERI works with people who want to reduce existential risk, or otherwise improve human civilizationâs long-term prospects for survival and flourishing. We donât require that our collaborators identify as EA. I worry that if we explicitly branded ourselves as EA, potential collaborators would feel less inclined to reach out if they didnât personally identify as EA-aligned.
Put another way: BERI has historically been an âEA friendlyâ organization, and will likely continue to be so. But âalignedâ has some implications that I donât think are necessary or helpful for us as an organization.
Iâm the Executive Director of BERI. Thanks for the question, sorry no oneâs answered it until now!
BERI doesnât explicitly identify as an EA-aligned organization, but I wouldnât actively disagree with someone who called BERI an EA org. Some ways in which we are related to the EA movement:
Our mission is to improve human civilizationâs long-term prospects for survival and flourishing. That sounds pretty EA-aligned to me.
We shared an office with CEA for a year.
BERI job openings have been posted on the 80k job board, and we had a table at an EAG SF job fair in 2019.
Multiple past and current BERI employees (including myself) personally identify as EA-aligned.
Despite these links, I havenât felt the need to state our alignment explicitly (e.g. on our website). I have some worries that this sort of question can contribute to an in-group/âout-group mentality. BERI works with people who want to reduce existential risk, or otherwise improve human civilizationâs long-term prospects for survival and flourishing. We donât require that our collaborators identify as EA. I worry that if we explicitly branded ourselves as EA, potential collaborators would feel less inclined to reach out if they didnât personally identify as EA-aligned.
Put another way: BERI has historically been an âEA friendlyâ organization, and will likely continue to be so. But âalignedâ has some implications that I donât think are necessary or helpful for us as an organization.