They instead also cover a lot of cause-neutral EA arguments (e.g. scope sensitivity and the importance of effectiveness)
So I don’t think it’s surprising that Rutger doesn’t recommend them if he doesn’t share (or even actively disagrees with?) those priorities even if his current focus on persuading mid-career professionals to look into alternative proteins and tobacco prevention sounds very EA-ish in other respects.
Yeah agree with this, but I still think that 80k is more than useless for altruists who don’t value the long-term future, or are skeptical of 80k’s approach to trying to influence it.
I’m curious whether he mentioned ProbablyGood or if he’s even aware of them?
My understanding is that the SMA team knows much more about the space than I do, so I’m sure they are aware of them if I’m aware of them.
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80k seems to mostly care about x-risk, but (perhaps surprisingly) their messaging is not just “Holy Shit, X-Risk” or “CEOs are playing Russian roulette with you and your children”.
They instead also cover a lot of cause-neutral EA arguments (e.g. scope sensitivity and the importance of effectiveness)
Yeah agree with this, but I still think that 80k is more than useless for altruists who don’t value the long-term future, or are skeptical of 80k’s approach to trying to influence it.
My understanding is that the SMA team knows much more about the space than I do, so I’m sure they are aware of them if I’m aware of them.
I don’t have an exact number, but I would conservatively guess more than 100 people and more than $100k in total donations for 2024