Maybe we should have an entry for each discipline/āfield thatās fairly relevant to EA and fairly well-represented on the Forum? Like how we already have history, economics, law, and psychology research. Some other disciplines/āfields (or clusters of disciplines/āfields) that could be added:
political science
humanities
I think humanities disciplines/āfields tend to be somewhat less EA-relevant than e.g. economics, but it could be worth having one entry for this whole cluster of disciplines/āfields
social science
But (unlike with humanities) itās probably better to have entries for each particularly relevant field within this broad cluster
I wonder if we should take a more systematic approach to entries about individual disciplines. It seems that, from an EA perspective, a discipline may be relevant in a number of distinct ways, e.g. because it is a discipline in which young EAs may want to pursue a career, because conducting research in that discipline is of high value, because that discipline poses serious risks, or because findings in that discipline should inform EA thinking. Iām not sure how to translate this observation into something actionable for the Wiki, though, so Iām just registering it here in case others have thoughts along these lines.
Yeah, I do think it seems worth thinking a bit more about what the āinclusion criteriaā for a discipline should be (from the perspective of making an EA Wiki entry about it), and that the different things you mention seem like starting points for that. Without clearer inclusion criteria, we could end up with a ridiculously large number of entries, or with entries that are unwarranted or too fine-grained, or with entries that are too coarse-grained, or with hesitation and failing to create worthwhile entries.
I donāt immediately have thoughts, but endorse the idea of someone generating thoughts :D
I agree that humanities disciplines tend to be less EA-relevant than the social sciences. But I think that the humanities are quite heterogeneous, so it feels more natural to me to have entries for particular humanities disciplines, than humanities as a whole.
But Iām not sure any such entries are warranted; it depends on how much has been written.
Maybe we should have an entry for each discipline/āfield thatās fairly relevant to EA and fairly well-represented on the Forum? Like how we already have history, economics, law, and psychology research. Some other disciplines/āfields (or clusters of disciplines/āfields) that could be added:
political science
humanities
I think humanities disciplines/āfields tend to be somewhat less EA-relevant than e.g. economics, but it could be worth having one entry for this whole cluster of disciplines/āfields
social science
But (unlike with humanities) itās probably better to have entries for each particularly relevant field within this broad cluster
Iām overall in favor.
I wonder if we should take a more systematic approach to entries about individual disciplines. It seems that, from an EA perspective, a discipline may be relevant in a number of distinct ways, e.g. because it is a discipline in which young EAs may want to pursue a career, because conducting research in that discipline is of high value, because that discipline poses serious risks, or because findings in that discipline should inform EA thinking. Iām not sure how to translate this observation into something actionable for the Wiki, though, so Iām just registering it here in case others have thoughts along these lines.
Yeah, I do think it seems worth thinking a bit more about what the āinclusion criteriaā for a discipline should be (from the perspective of making an EA Wiki entry about it), and that the different things you mention seem like starting points for that. Without clearer inclusion criteria, we could end up with a ridiculously large number of entries, or with entries that are unwarranted or too fine-grained, or with entries that are too coarse-grained, or with hesitation and failing to create worthwhile entries.
I donāt immediately have thoughts, but endorse the idea of someone generating thoughts :D
I agree that humanities disciplines tend to be less EA-relevant than the social sciences. But I think that the humanities are quite heterogeneous, so it feels more natural to me to have entries for particular humanities disciplines, than humanities as a whole.
But Iām not sure any such entries are warranted; it depends on how much has been written.