I didn’t consciously choose to mostly(?) focus on EAs for my outside view, but I suppose ultimately it’s because these are the sources I know about. I wasn’t exactly trying to do a thorough survey of relevant literature / thinking here (as I hope was clear!).
I guess ~how much of a biased view that gives depends on how good the possible “non-EA” sources are. I guess I’d be kind of surprised if there were really good “non-EA” sources that I missed. I’d be very interested to hear about examples.
As for the term “outside view”, I feel pretty confused about the inside vs outside view distinction, and doing this exercise didn’t really help with my confusion :).
This was a fascinating read.
Why did you choose to almost exclusively refer to EAs for your “outside view”? Is that a typical use of the term outside view?
I didn’t consciously choose to mostly(?) focus on EAs for my outside view, but I suppose ultimately it’s because these are the sources I know about. I wasn’t exactly trying to do a thorough survey of relevant literature / thinking here (as I hope was clear!).
I guess ~how much of a biased view that gives depends on how good the possible “non-EA” sources are. I guess I’d be kind of surprised if there were really good “non-EA” sources that I missed. I’d be very interested to hear about examples.
As for the term “outside view”, I feel pretty confused about the inside vs outside view distinction, and doing this exercise didn’t really help with my confusion :).