Hmm, I think I’d 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., I’m not sure stuff to do with moral patienthood/status/circles would be an ideal fit for Longtermism Philosophy—it’s 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). I’ve 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 “Crucial questions for longtermists” has both tags.
And when I do that at +25, I think what I get is just the regular frontpage. Or at least it’s all pretty recent posts, most with neither of those tags.
Finally, I think it’d 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. It’d be cool to be able to do the equivalent thing for intersections of tags as well.
Just some suggestions—not sure how easy or high-priority to implement they should be :)
So I’ll 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/or think more or get more input on what the best approach here would be.
Hmm, I think I’d 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., I’m not sure stuff to do with moral patienthood/status/circles would be an ideal fit for Longtermism Philosophy—it’s 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). I’ve just sent the EA Forum team the following message about this:
So I’ll 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/or think more or get more input on what the best approach here would be.
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