I’ve only just come across this post, but wanted to say that I’ve been following and to some extent involved in the sense-making / metamodern space for a few years now, and I too have been wondering why there appears to be so little engagement with that work from the EA side.
Either way I’ve also been thinking of writing a post about it at some point, and it’s encouraging to see that there are at least some people who are interested in this stuff!
Is anyone in EA thinking about (or has come across) the metacrisis?
For those not familiar with the term, this article can provide a rough idea of what it’s about, while this article provides a more in-depth (though somewhat esoteric) exploration.
My questions to any EAs who are familiar with the concept (and the wider ‘metamodern’ perception of our current historical context) are:
Do you think this is a good assessment of the fundamental drivers of some of the major challenges of our time?
If you feel that the assessment is roughly correct, do you think it has any implications for cause prioritisation within EA?
Hi Yarrow. Only just seeing your comment, but in case it’s still useful, you can find examples of the kind of work we’ve supported on the Impact section of our website: https://www.ceealar.org/impact.
The organisation for which we’ve plausibly had the highest counterfactual impact is ML4Good—the organisers of the ML4Good UK project met at CEEALAR, which was executed with CEEALAR’s support. This then led to one of the organisers later co-founding ML4Good as an organisation, currently operating on an 18 month grant to run 18 bootcamps.
Edit: Updated for accuracy.