Thanks for this Kerry. I’m surprised that cold email didn’t work, as I’ve had a lot of success using cold contact of various organisations in Australia to encourage people outside of EA to attend EA events. Would you mind expanding a little on what exactly you did here, e.g. what kinds of organisations you contacted?
Depending on the event, I’ve had a lot of success with university clubs (e.g. philosophy clubs, groups for specific charities like Red Cross or Oxfam, general anti-poverty clubs, animal rights/welfare clubs) and the non-profit sector generally. EA Sydney also had a lot of success promoting an 80K event partly by cold contacting university faculty heads asking them to share the workshop with their students (though I note Peter Slattery would be much better to chat to about the relative success of different promotional methods for this last one).
Could you please expand on what you mean by “Identify one “superhero” EA”? What is the purpose of this?
This is a good point Dony, perhaps avoiding the worst possible outcomes is better than seeking the best possible outcomes. I think Foundational Research Institute has written something to this effect from a suffering/wellbeing in the far future perspective, but the same might hold for promoting/discouraging ethical theories.
Any thoughts on the worst possible ethical theory?