Yes, I think RationalAnimations is actually planning to do an episode on GiveDirectly sometime soon, which is why I nod towards the idea of interventions like cash transfers and bednets at the very beginning of the script—the GiveDirectly video will probably come out first, so then in the beginning of the Charter Cities video we’ll be able to make some visual allusions and put an on-screen title-card link to the GiveDirectly video.
Well, I wrote this script and not the other one, and I think the idea of publishing draft scripts on the Forum just never occurred to RationalAnimations before? (Even though it seemed like a natural step to me, and indeed it has been helpful.) So naturally I will advocate doing it with future scripts. We already have a couple other ways of getting feedback including internal feedback, working with relevant organizations (eg for this Charter Cities script we got some comments from people associated with the charter cities institute, etc), but the more the merrier when you are trying to get something finalized before animating it for a large audience.
I agree, it seems like a very good idea to post it here. I assume it’s seen by dozen times more people than in your team. Also, the EA forum is definitely less biased about any thing than organizations that work for that thing. Just the way humans work.
Yes, I think RationalAnimations is actually planning to do an episode on GiveDirectly sometime soon, which is why I nod towards the idea of interventions like cash transfers and bednets at the very beginning of the script—the GiveDirectly video will probably come out first, so then in the beginning of the Charter Cities video we’ll be able to make some visual allusions and put an on-screen title-card link to the GiveDirectly video.
That’s neat. May I ask why have you published this script, but not the script for the GiveDirectly episode?
Well, I wrote this script and not the other one, and I think the idea of publishing draft scripts on the Forum just never occurred to RationalAnimations before? (Even though it seemed like a natural step to me, and indeed it has been helpful.) So naturally I will advocate doing it with future scripts. We already have a couple other ways of getting feedback including internal feedback, working with relevant organizations (eg for this Charter Cities script we got some comments from people associated with the charter cities institute, etc), but the more the merrier when you are trying to get something finalized before animating it for a large audience.
I agree, it seems like a very good idea to post it here. I assume it’s seen by dozen times more people than in your team. Also, the EA forum is definitely less biased about any thing than organizations that work for that thing. Just the way humans work.