I would love to see intro-to-EA materials that are more applicable for people living outside of high income countries.
I’m not sure if it would make sense to A) make the current intro-to-EA materials less targeted (and therefore more inclusive), B) have a parallel set of intro-to-EA materials that is for developing countries or for non-high income countries, or C) for various regions/countries to have their own intro-to-EA materials.
I lean towards A, but I think that it would be a massive undertaking. Maybe a good first step would be to take a single piece of intro-to-EA material and alter/tweak/update it to be more relatable outside of OECD countries, and then make a “merge request” so that it is integrated into the intro-to-EA materials.
I suppose that more content created by people outside of OECD countries is beneficial too. I’ll consider this option D. There are (to be blunt) white native-English speakers writing blogs and posting YouTube videos about EA and EA-relevant topics. Maybe a small fund could encourage the Nigerian EA community in Lagos to produce content, and thereby provide some parallel and alternative narratives. This would also lessen the perception that “EA is primarily young men from wealthy families that attended top universities in US & UK.” I’m worried about poor messaging and mis-understandings though. It only takes one article to mis-characterize key concepts for a lot of people to be turned off of EA, so there does seem to be significant risks. I’d have to put a lot more thought into this.
I would love to see intro-to-EA materials that are more applicable for people living outside of high income countries.
I’m not sure if it would make sense to A) make the current intro-to-EA materials less targeted (and therefore more inclusive), B) have a parallel set of intro-to-EA materials that is for developing countries or for non-high income countries, or C) for various regions/countries to have their own intro-to-EA materials.
I lean towards A, but I think that it would be a massive undertaking. Maybe a good first step would be to take a single piece of intro-to-EA material and alter/tweak/update it to be more relatable outside of OECD countries, and then make a “merge request” so that it is integrated into the intro-to-EA materials.
I suppose that more content created by people outside of OECD countries is beneficial too. I’ll consider this option D. There are (to be blunt) white native-English speakers writing blogs and posting YouTube videos about EA and EA-relevant topics. Maybe a small fund could encourage the Nigerian EA community in Lagos to produce content, and thereby provide some parallel and alternative narratives. This would also lessen the perception that “EA is primarily young men from wealthy families that attended top universities in US & UK.” I’m worried about poor messaging and mis-understandings though. It only takes one article to mis-characterize key concepts for a lot of people to be turned off of EA, so there does seem to be significant risks. I’d have to put a lot more thought into this.