I did have marketing in mind, yes, but the first paragraph also serves an obviously useful purpose: it declares what audience we are trying to address. People who are not interested in existential risks or the Visiting Fellows program probably won’t be as interested in volunteering, and it saves everyone a lot of time to state that up front.
I did have marketing in mind, yes, but the first paragraph also serves an obviously useful purpose: it declares what audience we are trying to address. People who are not interested in existential risks or the Visiting Fellows program probably won’t be as interested in volunteering, and it saves everyone a lot of time to state that up front.