I organize a college EA group. As has become common for college EA groups, we run an “introductory fellowship” to introduce people to EA. This year, I’m making changes from the standard syllabus; among other changes, I want to add 1–2 hours of reading and 1 hour of discussion (and a few hours of optional-reading-if-you-want-more) on rationalism. What readings should I include? That is, what rationalist content would be most interesting and valuable to undergraduates who are interested in EA and have no experience with rationalism — and what content would make the potential aspiring rationalists among them realize that they want to learn more?
I have ideas, but I’ll share them later, I think. I’m not very confident that this is a good idea, but I think it’s at least a worthwhile experiment.
Recommendations for rationalist content directly relevant to EA are good too, but I’m really asking for rationalism content in its own right. I already use some miscellaneous rationalism(-ish) content because it’s excellent for EA:
[Question] Rationalism for New EAs
I organize a college EA group. As has become common for college EA groups, we run an “introductory fellowship” to introduce people to EA. This year, I’m making changes from the standard syllabus; among other changes, I want to add 1–2 hours of reading and 1 hour of discussion (and a few hours of optional-reading-if-you-want-more) on rationalism. What readings should I include? That is, what rationalist content would be most interesting and valuable to undergraduates who are interested in EA and have no experience with rationalism — and what content would make the potential aspiring rationalists among them realize that they want to learn more?
I have ideas, but I’ll share them later, I think. I’m not very confident that this is a good idea, but I think it’s at least a worthwhile experiment.
Recommendations for rationalist content directly relevant to EA are good too, but I’m really asking for rationalism content in its own right. I already use some miscellaneous rationalism(-ish) content because it’s excellent for EA:
a couple short pieces like Scope Insensitivity
A Modest Proposal: Currency and Efficient Charity on opportunity costs
some AI stuff (I’m also open to recommendations on how to introduce AI to new EAs)