I actually don’t relate to much of what you’re saying here.
For ex. If you think studying jellyfish is the most effective way to spend your life and career, draft an argument or forum post explaining the potential boonful future consequences of your research and bam, you are now an EA. In the past it would have been received as, why study jellyfish when you could use your talents to accomplish X or Y and something greater and follow a proven career path that is less risky and more profitable (intellectually and fiscally) than jellyfish study.
I know jellyfish is a fictional example. Can you give a real example of this happening? I’m not sure what you mean by “bam, you are now an EA”. What is the metric for this?
I wrote a post about two years ago arguing that the promotion of philosophy education in schools could be a credible longtermist intervention. I think reception was fairly lukewarm and it is clear that my suggestion has not been adopted as a longtermist priority by the community. Just because there were one or two positive comments and OKish karma doesn’t mean anything—no one has acted on it. It seems to me that it’s a similar story for most new cause suggestions.
I actually don’t relate to much of what you’re saying here.
I know jellyfish is a fictional example. Can you give a real example of this happening? I’m not sure what you mean by “bam, you are now an EA”. What is the metric for this?
I wrote a post about two years ago arguing that the promotion of philosophy education in schools could be a credible longtermist intervention. I think reception was fairly lukewarm and it is clear that my suggestion has not been adopted as a longtermist priority by the community. Just because there were one or two positive comments and OKish karma doesn’t mean anything—no one has acted on it. It seems to me that it’s a similar story for most new cause suggestions.