In general, I like the idea of having something to wear that promotes discussion. It’s especially useful for introverts like myself who have trouble bringing up EA in social contexts, but have no problem responding to questions about my shirt and using that as an introduction to EA.
The shirt given out at EA Global was good, as it just has the term “Effective Altruism” which tends to prompt questions. The shirt GiveWell sells is also excellent, as they are a very well named organization. But “Doing Good Effectively by Using Reason” seems clunky to me. I believe it is too long and it feels more pompous than something shorter like “GiveWell”.
Contrary to what you’ve written, I actually think something like “Optimizing QALYs” might actually be good. It’s short, easy to read, doesn’t sound pompous, and will definitely prompt a question of what it means in a social situation. That is the kind of shirt that I’d actually wear and find useful.
Other shirts I’d find useful would be for various well-named organizations, like “Animal Charity Evaluators”, “Giving What We Can”, “Charity Science”, etc. These don’t even need slogans; they can use their name/logo alone, and I think I’d find the shirt useful.
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I hear you about the clunkiness of “Doing Good Effectively by Using Reason.” I’d certainly be willing to update on “Optimizing QALYs” if you and other people support it. Anyone else thinks “Optimizing QALYs” would work well?
In general, I like the idea of having something to wear that promotes discussion. It’s especially useful for introverts like myself who have trouble bringing up EA in social contexts, but have no problem responding to questions about my shirt and using that as an introduction to EA.
The shirt given out at EA Global was good, as it just has the term “Effective Altruism” which tends to prompt questions. The shirt GiveWell sells is also excellent, as they are a very well named organization. But “Doing Good Effectively by Using Reason” seems clunky to me. I believe it is too long and it feels more pompous than something shorter like “GiveWell”.
Contrary to what you’ve written, I actually think something like “Optimizing QALYs” might actually be good. It’s short, easy to read, doesn’t sound pompous, and will definitely prompt a question of what it means in a social situation. That is the kind of shirt that I’d actually wear and find useful.
Other shirts I’d find useful would be for various well-named organizations, like “Animal Charity Evaluators”, “Giving What We Can”, “Charity Science”, etc. These don’t even need slogans; they can use their name/logo alone, and I think I’d find the shirt useful.
We put some shirts together, what do you think? http://www.cafepress.com/intentional_merchandise/13220189
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, I hear you about the clunkiness of “Doing Good Effectively by Using Reason.” I’d certainly be willing to update on “Optimizing QALYs” if you and other people support it. Anyone else thinks “Optimizing QALYs” would work well?