Agree with this. It seems like this was a framework that made sense many years ago when the movement was small and had to be selective in where it searched, but makes less sense now that we’re big and have domain level experts in most fields to work with to find neglected solutions.
Point of confusion/disagreement:
I don’t think EA is big (15k globally?).
I don’t think EA has domain level experts in most fields to work with to find neglected solutions.
EAs typically have (far) less than 15 years work experience in any field and in my experience, they don’t have extensive professional networks outside of EA.
We have a lot more than we did ten years ago!
And I agree ITN has flaws regardless, but I wanted to point out that if those are someone’s 2 main objections to using ITN today, it might not apply.
Agree with this. It seems like this was a framework that made sense many years ago when the movement was small and had to be selective in where it searched, but makes less sense now that we’re big and have domain level experts in most fields to work with to find neglected solutions.
Point of confusion/disagreement: I don’t think EA is big (15k globally?). I don’t think EA has domain level experts in most fields to work with to find neglected solutions. EAs typically have (far) less than 15 years work experience in any field and in my experience, they don’t have extensive professional networks outside of EA.
We have a lot more than we did ten years ago! And I agree ITN has flaws regardless, but I wanted to point out that if those are someone’s 2 main objections to using ITN today, it might not apply.