Thanks Zack. The grad student group I co-founded, Harvard University Effective Altruism, is going well. We have a leadership team in place for next year that covers the Law School, Business School, School of Public Health, and School of Arts & Sciences. Our events with Cass Sunstein and Derek Parfit each drew over 100 people.
Interestingly, my article did generate some interest outside of HBS, as a number of people emailed me about it, but it didn’t provoke any discussion within HBS. I think it’s because my article wasn’t controversial enough; if I had to do it again, I would have pushed harder.
This sounds awesome! Is the idea that policy comments would get regulators to: consider a new policy they weren’t previously considering; change their mind about a proposed policy; help back them up politically for something they already want to do; or a combination of these? I’m not sure which type of impact policy comments are best for.