I think I recently saw something about EA billionaires trying to increase tax on billionaires, which is along the lines of what you suggest.
Your suggestions for diversity in local groups would reduce the blindspots of my own that I uncovered during the writing of this post—I think it’s easy to fall into patterns as a group based on the interests of the members, and therefore forget how wide the conversation and action under the umbrella “EA” is.
The focal point of the post is more around EA’s potential to do more power-sharing, rather than solely increase the diversity of people within EA (though diversity is part of it). I think of it like a consultancy: a consultancy usually isn’t criticised for being too homogenous. Instead, people just decide not to use that consultancy in favour of one that has the skills/perspectives/track record/etc that they’re looking for. Although EA isn’t one centralised company, I see similarities because (in many but not all) cases, we are a group of people who are trying to apply tools to other peoples’ problems.
A consultancy doesn’t need political allies or alignment, though it may choose to take on projects of a certain flavour. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on whether EA needs to (or should be) seeking the political alignment you mentioned.
I think I recently saw something about EA billionaires trying to increase tax on billionaires, which is along the lines of what you suggest.
Your suggestions for diversity in local groups would reduce the blindspots of my own that I uncovered during the writing of this post—I think it’s easy to fall into patterns as a group based on the interests of the members, and therefore forget how wide the conversation and action under the umbrella “EA” is.
The focal point of the post is more around EA’s potential to do more power-sharing, rather than solely increase the diversity of people within EA (though diversity is part of it). I think of it like a consultancy: a consultancy usually isn’t criticised for being too homogenous. Instead, people just decide not to use that consultancy in favour of one that has the skills/perspectives/track record/etc that they’re looking for. Although EA isn’t one centralised company, I see similarities because (in many but not all) cases, we are a group of people who are trying to apply tools to other peoples’ problems.
A consultancy doesn’t need political allies or alignment, though it may choose to take on projects of a certain flavour. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts on whether EA needs to (or should be) seeking the political alignment you mentioned.