My main point being, if you’re going to push people towards specific careers and away from others for your own ideological reasons, that should really be VERY clear in the copy on your website. Same as if a fundamentalist Christian group was offering free consulting on family planning.
To date, our focus has been on producing a holistic package of information to help our advisees attain life satisfaction. The vast majority of the pages that we’ve produced are not about topics directly related to effective altruism.
A number of our advisees have explicitly expressed interest in doing something socially valuable. We’re working to advise them accordingly. Our estimate of our potential impact as described in the original post is based on people in this reference class.
We’re committed to providing unbiased information, and present the pros and cons of all career options under consideration irrespective of their social value.
Nothing wrong with that. MattG is not accusing you, but you are defending (note: defending is a sign of weakness). I recommend that you agree on MattGs point. It is not wrong. It is an improvement suggestion and would make you appear more humble if followed.
Added: I think this is the reason he is upvoted and you are not.
My main point being, if you’re going to push people towards specific careers and away from others for your own ideological reasons, that should really be VERY clear in the copy on your website. Same as if a fundamentalist Christian group was offering free consulting on family planning.
To date, our focus has been on producing a holistic package of information to help our advisees attain life satisfaction. The vast majority of the pages that we’ve produced are not about topics directly related to effective altruism.
A number of our advisees have explicitly expressed interest in doing something socially valuable. We’re working to advise them accordingly. Our estimate of our potential impact as described in the original post is based on people in this reference class.
We’re committed to providing unbiased information, and present the pros and cons of all career options under consideration irrespective of their social value.
Nothing wrong with that. MattG is not accusing you, but you are defending (note: defending is a sign of weakness). I recommend that you agree on MattGs point. It is not wrong. It is an improvement suggestion and would make you appear more humble if followed.
Added: I think this is the reason he is upvoted and you are not.