We have various tags relevant to longtermism or specific things that longtermists are often interested in (e.g., Existential Risk). But we donāt have a tag for longtermism as a whole. Longtermism (Philosophy) and Long-Term Future donāt fit that bill; the former is just for āposts about philosophical matters relevant to longtermismā, and the latter is āmeant for discussion of what the long-term future might actually look likeā.
One example of a post thatās relevant to longtermism as a cause area but that doesnāt seem to neatly fit in any of the existing longtermism-related tags is Should marginal longtermist donations support fundamental or intervention research? An analogous post that was focused on global health & dev or mental health could be given the tags that cover those cause areas, and one focused on animal welfare could be given the Farm Animal Welfare and Wild Animal Welfare tags (which seem to me to together fill the role of a tag for that whole cause area).
Agreed. Perhaps Longtermism(Philosophy) is redundant because it could be Longetrmism (Cause Area) + Moral Philosophy - if so, Iād suggest changing the name instead of opening a new tag
Hmm, I think Iād agree that most things which fit in both Longtermism (Cause Area) and Moral Philosophy would fit Longtermism (Philosophy). (Though there might be exceptions. E.g., Iām not sure stuff to do with moral patienthood/āstatus/ācircles would be an ideal fit for Longtermism Philosophyāitās relevant to longtermism, but not uniquely or especially relevant to longtermism. But those things tie in to potential longtermist interventions.)
But now that you mention that, I realise that there might not be a good way to find and share posts at the intersection of two tags (which would mean that tags which are theoretically redundant are currently still practically useful). Iāve just sent the EA Forum team the following message about this:
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I think the way one would currently [find and share posts at the intersection of two tags] is going to the frontpage, selecting two tags to filter by, and choosing +25 or required.
But when I do that for Longtermism (Philosophy) and Existential Risk at the same time (as a test), at Required no posts come up at all. But I expect there are many relevant posts with both tags, and I know at least āCrucial questions for longtermistsā has both tags.
And when I do that at +25, I think what I get is just the regular frontpage. Or at least itās all pretty recent posts, most with neither of those tags.
Finally, I think itād be cool to have the filtering used come up in the url, so I can share a url with someone to direct them right to the intersection of two tags.
Currently I send multiple people multiple tag pages after EA conferences (and sometimes at other times), as they serve as handy collections of posts relevant to what the people expressed interest in. Itād be cool to be able to do the equivalent thing for intersections of tags as well.
Just some suggestionsānot sure how easy or high-priority to implement they should be :)
So Iāll hold off on making a Longtermism (Cause Area) tag or converting the Longtermism (Philosophy) tag into that until I hear back from the Forum team, and/āor think more or get more input on what the best approach here would be.
Longtermism (Cause Area)
We have various tags relevant to longtermism or specific things that longtermists are often interested in (e.g., Existential Risk). But we donāt have a tag for longtermism as a whole. Longtermism (Philosophy) and Long-Term Future donāt fit that bill; the former is just for āposts about philosophical matters relevant to longtermismā, and the latter is āmeant for discussion of what the long-term future might actually look likeā.
One example of a post thatās relevant to longtermism as a cause area but that doesnāt seem to neatly fit in any of the existing longtermism-related tags is Should marginal longtermist donations support fundamental or intervention research? An analogous post that was focused on global health & dev or mental health could be given the tags that cover those cause areas, and one focused on animal welfare could be given the Farm Animal Welfare and Wild Animal Welfare tags (which seem to me to together fill the role of a tag for that whole cause area).
Agreed. Perhaps Longtermism(Philosophy) is redundant because it could be Longetrmism (Cause Area) + Moral Philosophy - if so, Iād suggest changing the name instead of opening a new tag
Hmm, I think Iād agree that most things which fit in both Longtermism (Cause Area) and Moral Philosophy would fit Longtermism (Philosophy). (Though there might be exceptions. E.g., Iām not sure stuff to do with moral patienthood/āstatus/ācircles would be an ideal fit for Longtermism Philosophyāitās relevant to longtermism, but not uniquely or especially relevant to longtermism. But those things tie in to potential longtermist interventions.)
But now that you mention that, I realise that there might not be a good way to find and share posts at the intersection of two tags (which would mean that tags which are theoretically redundant are currently still practically useful). Iāve just sent the EA Forum team the following message about this:
So Iāll hold off on making a Longtermism (Cause Area) tag or converting the Longtermism (Philosophy) tag into that until I hear back from the Forum team, and/āor think more or get more input on what the best approach here would be.
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