Thanks those are good points, especially when the focus is on making progress on issues that might be affected by group-think. Relatedly, I also like your idea of getting outside experts to scrutinize EA ideas. I’ve seen OpenPhil pay for expert feedback on at least one occasion, which seems pretty useful.
We were thinking about writing a question post along something like “Which ideas, assumptions, programmes, interventions, priorities, etc. would you like to see a red-teaming effort for?”. What do you think about the idea, and would you add something to the question to make it more useful?
And I think what your comment neglects is the value of:
having this fellowship only as a first stepping-stone for bigger projects in the future (by installing habits & skills and highlighting the value of similar investigations)
have fellows work on a more serious research project together will build stronger ties among them relative to discussion groups, and I expect will lead to deeper engagement with the ideas
Thanks those are good points, especially when the focus is on making progress on issues that might be affected by group-think. Relatedly, I also like your idea of getting outside experts to scrutinize EA ideas. I’ve seen OpenPhil pay for expert feedback on at least one occasion, which seems pretty useful.
We were thinking about writing a question post along something like “Which ideas, assumptions, programmes, interventions, priorities, etc. would you like to see a red-teaming effort for?”. What do you think about the idea, and would you add something to the question to make it more useful?
And I think what your comment neglects is the value of:
having this fellowship only as a first stepping-stone for bigger projects in the future (by installing habits & skills and highlighting the value of similar investigations)
have fellows work on a more serious research project together will build stronger ties among them relative to discussion groups, and I expect will lead to deeper engagement with the ideas