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Are there equivalentsto this in other countires?
Surely anyone save an absolutist non-EA (non-consequentialist) libertarian would grant that; but equally, surely it does make sense to move lots of medications down a notch on the restriction scale. See Slate Star Codex on the FDA, 23 and me, meds with tiny chances of huge harms compared to antidepressants with high chances of libido reduction, etc.
I completely agree.
Isn’t Charity Science Canadian? Organisations like that and GBS in Switzerland seem to have an advantage in that (domestic) donors often have to give through them, whereas in their home countries the charities strongly prefer donors to give directly to them. That’s not particular replibable though, though donation matches are more so.
Tying this into the EA census sounds like a good idea as it’d provide a helpful additional subsample, at least for some subset of questions.
Thanks. I would be interested to know if any analagous groups have had success with public access channels.
Who would some natural candidates for receiving funding be? I’ll spare you from having to name yourself and do so for you! But are there actually any others? Maybe not?
To clarify a little more, they’re totally separate codebases I believe.
Unfortunately, the measurement and metrics around EA are quite weak and have not yet been brought together. We do not, for example, have numbers around how many people are EAs (no matter what definitions we use), any understanding of total exposure, etc.
We could improve this by getting as many people as possible to take at least a first page of questions or two on the annual EA census. Among other things that helps establish a lower bound number of people who are EA’s by some definition and their basic characteristics. I remember that around the time the last one was done there were estimates that the total number of EAs was in the low 1000′s. I have no sense of how its grown since then but I have no sense that its exploded so you seem right to that extent.
Ben Clifford ran local London meetup for developers to work on tech projects
Was that a regular thing?
Is the defence of the global poverty cause that Tom Ash and Peter Hurford were writing coming? I was looking forwards to that.
What would count as taking Effective Altruist frugalness too far, and what are the arguments against it? I’m torn as to whether I should keep eating out or buying first hand clothes, but these do bring time savings and other benefits.
To clarify, is your total 2016 budget £1.7 million (roughly $2.7 milllion), ie the total of the figures you gave?
More concretely, GWWC staff right now pursue several channels to growth that wouldn’t happen without them:
Speaking to interested people one-on-one (few join just from written content alone; being made ‘the ask’ is really important) Fostering chapters (e.g. giving them materials, arranging pledge drives, encouraging them, doing events) - most of this wouldn’t happen otherwise. Seeking press attention to get new people involved—ditto, mostly wouldn’t happen otherwise.
Does GWWC have rough estimates of how many members each of these channels lead to? Or could you or other CEA staff hazard a guess, even rough?
The EA Wiki would be a better place to put this, among other reasons because then everyone could keep it updated: http://wiki.effectivealtruismhub.com/
Great introduction for non-EAs; it’s worth mentioning that EAs likely won’t learn anything new about it.
What are the ways that we can spread EA to others? Is there a list, and are there some outreach methods that are particularly good?
No, all your thoughts seems very sensible. The benefits of different organisations sticking to their own distinct, clear focuses are often overlooked, to their cost.
I worry that people will be offended if I reply to emails days late, but suspect that in this I might be being a little paranoid.