It’s beyond wonderful that there is going to be an event in Africa! I’m not an EA (at least not yet) but as I understand it one of the biggest criticisms of the belief system is that it is overly focused on the Western world to the exclusion of the Global South. If Effective Altruism is to be, well, truly effective at its mission of helping people in need globally, it cannot ignore the African continent or the many peoples, nations, and languages that make it up.
It’s beyond wonderful that there is going to be an event in Africa! I’m not an EA (at least not yet) but as I understand it one of the biggest criticisms of the belief system is that it is overly focused on the Western world to the exclusion of the Global South. If Effective Altruism is to be, well, truly effective at its mission of helping people in need globally, it cannot ignore the African continent or the many peoples, nations, and languages that make it up.