One really useful way to execute this would be to bring in more outside non-EA experts in relevant disciplines. So have people in development econ evaluate GiveWell (great example of this here), engage people like Glen Wely to see how EA could better incorporate market-based thinking and mechanism design, engage hardcore anti-natalist philosophers (if you can find a credible one), engage anti-capitalist theorists skeptical of welfare and billionaire philanthropy, etc.
One specific pet project I’d love to see funded is more EA history. There are plenty of good legitimate expert historians, and we should be commissioning them to write for example on the history of philanthropy (Open Phil did a bit here), better understanding the causes of past civilizations’ ruin, better understanding intellectual moral history and how ideas have progressed over time, and so on. I think there’s a ton to dig into here, and think history is generally underestimated as a perspective (you can’t just read a couple secondary sources and call it a day).
Hi there. This thread was advertised to me by a friend of mine, and I thought I would put a comment somewhere. In the spirit of red teaming, I’m a cryptography engineer with work in multi-party computation, consensus algorithms, and apologetically, nft’s. I’ve done previous work with the Near grants board, evaluating technical projects. I also comaintain the https://zkmesh.substack.com/ monthly newsletter on cryptography. I could have time to contribute toward a red-teaming effort and idea shaping and evaluation, for projects along these lines, if the project comes into existence.
One really useful way to execute this would be to bring in more outside non-EA experts in relevant disciplines. So have people in development econ evaluate GiveWell (great example of this here), engage people like Glen Wely to see how EA could better incorporate market-based thinking and mechanism design, engage hardcore anti-natalist philosophers (if you can find a credible one), engage anti-capitalist theorists skeptical of welfare and billionaire philanthropy, etc.
One specific pet project I’d love to see funded is more EA history. There are plenty of good legitimate expert historians, and we should be commissioning them to write for example on the history of philanthropy (Open Phil did a bit here), better understanding the causes of past civilizations’ ruin, better understanding intellectual moral history and how ideas have progressed over time, and so on. I think there’s a ton to dig into here, and think history is generally underestimated as a perspective (you can’t just read a couple secondary sources and call it a day).
Hi there. This thread was advertised to me by a friend of mine, and I thought I would put a comment somewhere. In the spirit of red teaming, I’m a cryptography engineer with work in multi-party computation, consensus algorithms, and apologetically, nft’s. I’ve done previous work with the Near grants board, evaluating technical projects. I also comaintain the https://zkmesh.substack.com/ monthly newsletter on cryptography. I could have time to contribute toward a red-teaming effort and idea shaping and evaluation, for projects along these lines, if the project comes into existence.
Hi! That’s really cool, I haven’t seen someone with actual OG red teaming experience involved in the discussion here!
The team at Training for Good are currently running with the idea and I imagine would be happy about hearing from you: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DqBEwHqCdzMDeSBct/apply-for-red-team-challenge-may-7-june-4