I don’t have a source for previous discussions, but it’s been my impression that expansion of EA to new regions/cultures is currently intentionally conservative due to a belief that success hinges on getting it right the first time and the difficulty of crafting the EA message to resonate with a particular culture.
And this post I wrote where one conclusion is that maybe there should be less focus on location when thinking about movement building.
I’d agree that it makes sense to get it right first time but maybe that’s one reason to have someone involved in EA community building able to filter and help people who are interested in EA in neglected regions.
I don’t have a source for previous discussions, but it’s been my impression that expansion of EA to new regions/cultures is currently intentionally conservative due to a belief that success hinges on getting it right the first time and the difficulty of crafting the EA message to resonate with a particular culture.
There is this post—Why not to rush to translate effective altruism into other languages.
And this post I wrote where one conclusion is that maybe there should be less focus on location when thinking about movement building.
I’d agree that it makes sense to get it right first time but maybe that’s one reason to have someone involved in EA community building able to filter and help people who are interested in EA in neglected regions.
FWIW the Why not to rush to translate effective altruism into other languages post was quite influential but is often wrong / misleading / advocating some very strong prior on inaction, in my opinion