EvanWard

• EvanWard 16 Feb 2019 23:42 UTC

  11 points

  0 ∶ 0

  in reply to: Aaron Gertler’s comment on: The Need for and Vi­a­bil­ity of an Effec­tive Altru­ism Academy

  Thanks Aaron, I appreciate your feedback! You point out a lot of potential issues I did not consider. Given those issues and the existing opportunities like the EA Hotel and the collegiate EA Fellowship programs, I think an EA Academy may not be the best option to try right now.

• EvanWard 16 Feb 2019 22:58 UTC

  10 points

  0 ∶ 0

  in reply to: Chris Leong’s comment on: The Need for and Vi­a­bil­ity of an Effec­tive Altru­ism Academy

  I wasn’t aware the EA hotel was struggling; that should take priority. We probably want to make sure self-directed people have the resources they need to study and work on EA before funding people who may be less self-directed.

• EvanWard 14 Feb 2019 13:15 UTC

  1 point

  0 ∶ 0

  on: Risk fac­tors for s-risks

  I think this is a great way to think about s-risks. One risk factor I am not sure was included was the dynamic of decoupling well-being from survivability. I write a bit about this here.

  Essentially, I think a generic risk factor for s-risks includes any action, such as genetic engineering, that increases the ability for organisms to survive and reproduce regardless of their subjective experience.