[Edit: This post had negative karma when I made this comment]
I’m sorry that your first post on the forum is getting a bit of a negative reaction. It’s great to have you here and I hope this isn’t super off-putting!
If you are interested in some actual numbers on demographics, check out the EA Survey posts, like this one from 2024.
My thoughts on your questions:
I am curious on the communities thoughts on this lack of diversity.
I personally don’t mind much. Almost any community will have demographic weirdness of some kind, and I don’t inherently value diversity. I know others find it concerning, but I am not aware on survey data on this. You can definitely find quite a bit of writing on this topic if you search the forum.
if there are any initiatives being taken to improve diversity within the EA community
I am unsure what you mean by “improve”. But most EAG events I have been to have meet-ups for various demographic groups. I have never attended these (despite “qualifying” for a few). But I know others really like organising and attending these. The most recent EAG London had meet-ups for the following: neurodiversity, people of colour, Christians, women and NB people, people from low and middle income countries, Jews, socioeconomic diversity, LGBTQ+.
(You may be getting downvoted for the line “This demographic has historically been disconnected from social impact”. Perhaps consider elaborating why you think that.)
[Edit: This post had negative karma when I made this comment]
I’m sorry that your first post on the forum is getting a bit of a negative reaction. It’s great to have you here and I hope this isn’t super off-putting!
If you are interested in some actual numbers on demographics, check out the EA Survey posts, like this one from 2024.
My thoughts on your questions:
I personally don’t mind much. Almost any community will have demographic weirdness of some kind, and I don’t inherently value diversity. I know others find it concerning, but I am not aware on survey data on this. You can definitely find quite a bit of writing on this topic if you search the forum.
I am unsure what you mean by “improve”. But most EAG events I have been to have meet-ups for various demographic groups. I have never attended these (despite “qualifying” for a few). But I know others really like organising and attending these. The most recent EAG London had meet-ups for the following: neurodiversity, people of colour, Christians, women and NB people, people from low and middle income countries, Jews, socioeconomic diversity, LGBTQ+.
(You may be getting downvoted for the line “This demographic has historically been disconnected from social impact”. Perhaps consider elaborating why you think that.)