I totally agree. The “western-by-default” messaging that sometimes occurs in EA spaces not only hurts the efficiency of the movement, but also likely turns some people off who otherwise would have joined the community. If EA is truly about viewing all of humanity as equal, then we need to make sure our communication addresses all of humanity equally, not just westerners.
And I’d note that there are lots of EAs outside of the west. I’ve spoken to EAs in the Phillipines, Brazil, Russia… It would be great if we could support them in building EA-linked institutions that are specific to the opportunities and challenges they face.
I totally agree. The “western-by-default” messaging that sometimes occurs in EA spaces not only hurts the efficiency of the movement, but also likely turns some people off who otherwise would have joined the community. If EA is truly about viewing all of humanity as equal, then we need to make sure our communication addresses all of humanity equally, not just westerners.
And I’d note that there are lots of EAs outside of the west. I’ve spoken to EAs in the Phillipines, Brazil, Russia… It would be great if we could support them in building EA-linked institutions that are specific to the opportunities and challenges they face.