Mati_Roy
The community’s conception of value drifting is sometimes too narrow
[Question] If a poverty alleviation intervention has a positive ROI, (why) isn’t anyone lending money for them?
[Question] What would an entity with GiveWell’s decision-making process have recommended in the past?
[Question] What effectively altruistic inducement prize contest would you like to be funded?
[Question] Why do we need philanthropy? Can we make it obsolete?
[Question] What are EA project ideas you have?
[Question] What are the long term consequences of poverty alleviation?
[Question] (How) Could an AI become an independent economic agent?
[link] Biostasis / Cryopreservation Survey 2020
I agree with what Kit said as well.
But that the only reason you’re not removing it is because of Kit’s comment makes me pretty concerned about the forum.
I also disagree that private communication is better than public communication in cases like this.
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[Question] What are high-leverage interventions to increase/decrease the global communication index?
Mati’s 2020 donation recommendations
I also feel similarly. Thanks for writing this.
Points I would add:
-This organisation could focus on supporting local LessWrong groups (which CFAR isn’t doing).
-This organisation could focus on biases that make people shift in a better direction rather than going in the same direction faster. For example, reducing the scope insensitivity bias seems like a robust way to make people more altruistic, whereas improving people’s ability to make Trigger-Action-Plans might simply accelerate the economy as a whole (which could be bad if you think that crunches are more likely than bangs and shrieks, as per Bostrom’s terminology).
-The organisation might want to focus on theories with more evidence (ie. be less experimental than CFAR) to avoid spreading false memes that could be difficult to correct, as well as being careful about idea inoculations.
When should you use lotteries?
(why) do you focus on near-term animal welfare and poverty alleviation?
Community norm—proposal: I wished all EA papers were posted on the EA Forum so I could see what other EAs thought of them, which would help me decide whether I want to read them.
I vote for having one remote EAG every year. This is great as far as I’m concerned!