Thank you for the interesting post, and you provide some strong arguments for moral inclusivity.
I’m less confident that the marketing gap, if it exists, is a problem, but there may be ways to sell the more ‘weird’ cause areas, as you suggest. However, even when they are mentioned, people may still get the impression that EA is mostly about poverty. The other causes would have to be explained in the same depth as poverty (looking at specific charities in these cause areas as well as cost-effectiveness estimates where they exist, for instance) for the impression to fade, it seems to me.
While I do agree that it’s likely that a marketing gap is perceived by a good number of newcomers (based solely on my intuition), do we have any solid evidence that such a marketing gap is perceived by newcomers in particular?
Or is it mainly perceived by more ‘experienced’ EAs (many of whom may prioritise causes other than global poverty) who feel as if sufficient weight isn’t being given to other causes, or who feel guilty for giving a misleading impression relative to their own impressions (which are formed from being around others who think like them)? If the latter, then the marketing gap may be less problematic, and will be less likely to blow up in our faces.
Thank you for the interesting post, and you provide some strong arguments for moral inclusivity.
I’m less confident that the marketing gap, if it exists, is a problem, but there may be ways to sell the more ‘weird’ cause areas, as you suggest. However, even when they are mentioned, people may still get the impression that EA is mostly about poverty. The other causes would have to be explained in the same depth as poverty (looking at specific charities in these cause areas as well as cost-effectiveness estimates where they exist, for instance) for the impression to fade, it seems to me.
While I do agree that it’s likely that a marketing gap is perceived by a good number of newcomers (based solely on my intuition), do we have any solid evidence that such a marketing gap is perceived by newcomers in particular?
Or is it mainly perceived by more ‘experienced’ EAs (many of whom may prioritise causes other than global poverty) who feel as if sufficient weight isn’t being given to other causes, or who feel guilty for giving a misleading impression relative to their own impressions (which are formed from being around others who think like them)? If the latter, then the marketing gap may be less problematic, and will be less likely to blow up in our faces.