Executive summary: A survey of UK teenagers interested in effective altruism found the most common sources were Leaf, Non-Trivial, school classes and clubs, Peter Singer’s work, and friends. This differs from the EA Survey results.
Key points:
63 UK teenagers interested in EA reported first hearing about it via Leaf (22%), Non-Trivial (11%), school (14%), Peter Singer (10%), friends (21%), or other sources.
These results differ from the EA Survey, where uni groups, 80K Hours, LessWrong, podcasts and personal contact are more common intro points.
The author speculates EA ideas may be filtering into more schools and classes now.
Many teenagers encountered EA from multiple sources or dug deeper themselves after an initial introduction.
Light-touch, low-cost outreach may still efficiently identify promising teenagers open to EA ideas.
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Executive summary: A survey of UK teenagers interested in effective altruism found the most common sources were Leaf, Non-Trivial, school classes and clubs, Peter Singer’s work, and friends. This differs from the EA Survey results.
Key points:
63 UK teenagers interested in EA reported first hearing about it via Leaf (22%), Non-Trivial (11%), school (14%), Peter Singer (10%), friends (21%), or other sources.
These results differ from the EA Survey, where uni groups, 80K Hours, LessWrong, podcasts and personal contact are more common intro points.
The author speculates EA ideas may be filtering into more schools and classes now.
Many teenagers encountered EA from multiple sources or dug deeper themselves after an initial introduction.
Light-touch, low-cost outreach may still efficiently identify promising teenagers open to EA ideas.
This comment was auto-generated by the EA Forum Team. Feel free to point out issues with this summary by replying to the comment, and contact us if you have feedback.