What would be cheap tests to determine if this would be valuable?
I’m not sure I love the next step of a 6-12 month transition grant. That seems like a rather expensive first step! Why not first see if you can develop an MVP mediation service in two weeks? Offer it to EA organizations and perhaps someone will bite. I suspect you would learn whether this is a good idea much faster that way.
From my perspective this seems like a project of dubious value. The AuthRev and Relating Languages links look like nonsense to me. That said, I think I’m generally more close-minded and than other effective altruists so take my opinion with a grain of salt. If you believe you’re onto something, I think it’s better to test your hypothesis and prove the skeptics wrong.
What would be cheap tests to determine if this would be valuable?
Good prompt, thanks!
Mediation is a high risk/​high reward activity, and I’d only want to work with EA orgs when I’m already sure that I can consistently deliver very high quality. So I started advertising mediation to private people on pay-what-you-want-basis now to build the necessary skill and confidence. If this works out, I’ll progress to NGOs in a couple weeks.
The AuthRev and Relating Languages links look like nonsense to me.
I wince every time when I look at their homepages, way too optimized for selling stuff to a mainstream audience rather than providing value to rationalish people.
But, if you think Authentic Relating and Circling are legit (which a bunch of EAs in at least Germany and the Bay do), it makes sense to take AuthRev pretty seriously. Their facilitator trainings and their 350-page authentic relating games manual make them one of the core pillars of the community. Plus, some early-days CFAR folks were involved in co-founding the company.
That impression is very valuable evidence though. Afaict, AR is way more popular among EAs younger than the grantmaker generation.
I don’t understand how this is relevant to what I’m writing, as I don’t intend to do mediation only for people who know AR or circling. But the number of upvotes indicates that others do understand, so I’d like to understand it, too. Jeroen, would you mind elaborating?
What would be cheap tests to determine if this would be valuable?
I’m not sure I love the next step of a 6-12 month transition grant. That seems like a rather expensive first step! Why not first see if you can develop an MVP mediation service in two weeks? Offer it to EA organizations and perhaps someone will bite. I suspect you would learn whether this is a good idea much faster that way.
From my perspective this seems like a project of dubious value. The AuthRev and Relating Languages links look like nonsense to me. That said, I think I’m generally more close-minded and than other effective altruists so take my opinion with a grain of salt. If you believe you’re onto something, I think it’s better to test your hypothesis and prove the skeptics wrong.
Good prompt, thanks!
Mediation is a high risk/​high reward activity, and I’d only want to work with EA orgs when I’m already sure that I can consistently deliver very high quality. So I started advertising mediation to private people on pay-what-you-want-basis now to build the necessary skill and confidence. If this works out, I’ll progress to NGOs in a couple weeks.
I wince every time when I look at their homepages, way too optimized for selling stuff to a mainstream audience rather than providing value to rationalish people.
But, if you think Authentic Relating and Circling are legit (which a bunch of EAs in at least Germany and the Bay do), it makes sense to take AuthRev pretty seriously. Their facilitator trainings and their 350-page authentic relating games manual make them one of the core pillars of the community. Plus, some early-days CFAR folks were involved in co-founding the company.
That impression is very valuable evidence though. Afaict, AR is way more popular among EAs younger than the grantmaker generation.
There are still a lot of young EAs that aren’t into AuthRev and circling, so I think as a mediator it’s important to take this into account.
I don’t understand how this is relevant to what I’m writing, as I don’t intend to do mediation only for people who know AR or circling. But the number of upvotes indicates that others do understand, so I’d like to understand it, too. Jeroen, would you mind elaborating?
Some people might not be a fan of AR or circling, so other methods of mediation should be considered too.