Thanks Pablo—I agree we should discuss risks to EA more. It seems like it should be a natural part of ‘building effective altruism’ to me. I wonder why we don’t discuss it more in that area. Maybe people are afraid it will seem self-indulgent?
I think I’d worry about how to frame it in 80k content because our stuff is very outward-facing and people who aren’t already part of the community might not respond well to it. But that’s less of an issue with forum posts, etc.
I’d also guess most people’s estimates for EA going away or becoming much less valuable in the next 10 years are lower than yours. Want to expand a bit on why you think it’s as high as you do?
Thanks for bringing this up and also for the list of places this has been discussed!
Thanks Pablo—I agree we should discuss risks to EA more. It seems like it should be a natural part of ‘building effective altruism’ to me. I wonder why we don’t discuss it more in that area. Maybe people are afraid it will seem self-indulgent?
I think I’d worry about how to frame it in 80k content because our stuff is very outward-facing and people who aren’t already part of the community might not respond well to it. But that’s less of an issue with forum posts, etc.
I’d also guess most people’s estimates for EA going away or becoming much less valuable in the next 10 years are lower than yours. Want to expand a bit on why you think it’s as high as you do?
Thanks for bringing this up and also for the list of places this has been discussed!
Hi Arden,
Your worries seem sensible, and discussing it under ‘building effective altruism’ might be the way to go.