The claim that the newsletter has a “pro-administration bias” strikes me as odd, because the newsletter has been largely critical of the Biden administration’s foreign policy and global vaccine distribution strategy. Rather, the newsletter overall seems to have a far-left viewpoint (i.e. more like Bernie than Biden). There are pros and cons to this. On the one hand, I’m personally glad to see more political diversity within the EA movement. A plurality of EAs identify as “center-left”, including me, and I don’t think that political affiliation should be a barrier to participation in EA (although I draw the line at authoritarianism and bigotry: fascists, tankies, and the like). On the other hand, I agree that a more politically diverse group of people writing or reviewing the newsletter would make fewer errors in expectation.
I also think that covering a narrow range of topics, but in more depth, would improve the newsletter’s accuracy.
The claim that the newsletter has a “pro-administration bias” strikes me as odd, because the newsletter has been largely critical of the Biden administration’s foreign policy and global vaccine distribution strategy. Rather, the newsletter overall seems to have a far-left viewpoint (i.e. more like Bernie than Biden). There are pros and cons to this. On the one hand, I’m personally glad to see more political diversity within the EA movement. A plurality of EAs identify as “center-left”, including me, and I don’t think that political affiliation should be a barrier to participation in EA (although I draw the line at authoritarianism and bigotry: fascists, tankies, and the like). On the other hand, I agree that a more politically diverse group of people writing or reviewing the newsletter would make fewer errors in expectation.
I also think that covering a narrow range of topics, but in more depth, would improve the newsletter’s accuracy.