[note: I’m not part of any EA organization, for at least some of the reasons I’m over-stating here. ]
I mean, the movement IS fairly self-righteous and punch-able. It attempts to take credit and support a very wide range of arbitrary dimensions of improvement, from animal rights to low-development-area disease mitigation to AI hand-wringing, but those things are not similar enough to actually combine into a coherent whole.
And then specific sub-groups attempt to redefine EA to mean their preferred cause, in a motte-and-bailey move to imply they’re saving the world and you shouldn’t ask inconvenient questions, like actual quantification of near-term results. In fact, unless you’re prepared to go all-in on mosquito nets, I’d highly advise against highlighting measurement of results in your branding.
[note: I’m not part of any EA organization, for at least some of the reasons I’m over-stating here. ]
I mean, the movement IS fairly self-righteous and punch-able. It attempts to take credit and support a very wide range of arbitrary dimensions of improvement, from animal rights to low-development-area disease mitigation to AI hand-wringing, but those things are not similar enough to actually combine into a coherent whole.
And then specific sub-groups attempt to redefine EA to mean their preferred cause, in a motte-and-bailey move to imply they’re saving the world and you shouldn’t ask inconvenient questions, like actual quantification of near-term results. In fact, unless you’re prepared to go all-in on mosquito nets, I’d highly advise against highlighting measurement of results in your branding.