That hasn’t much been my experience of EA, but I think applying this standard to claims that one is obligated to contribute to something seems fine too.
The “drowning child” thought experiment is very explicitly about this, and one of the most common ways people enter the recruitment funnel. Slate Star Codex’s Infinite Debt is about this as well.
Agreed, but also noting that drowned child doesn’t seem like an instance of “praise that doesn’t get backed up” (or praise, period)
“Givewell is great!” (or any random org is great!) felt more like the thing… but also feels less like an explicit demand on my resources. (I realize there’s a thing where the X is Great! statements work in conjunction with the Child Pond arguments, but by then the model is getting a bit more complicated)
[hmm, re-reading, you’re saying “positive claim” which is different from praise. But also, positive claim isn’t the obvious counterpart to “criticism”. Doesn’t feel like part of the same schema to me)
Example: EA is built on strong positive claims implying a duty to contribute to a few specific projects.
That hasn’t much been my experience of EA, but I think applying this standard to claims that one is obligated to contribute to something seems fine too.
The “drowning child” thought experiment is very explicitly about this, and one of the most common ways people enter the recruitment funnel. Slate Star Codex’s Infinite Debt is about this as well.
Agreed, but also noting that drowned child doesn’t seem like an instance of “praise that doesn’t get backed up” (or praise, period)
“Givewell is great!” (or any random org is great!) felt more like the thing… but also feels less like an explicit demand on my resources. (I realize there’s a thing where the X is Great! statements work in conjunction with the Child Pond arguments, but by then the model is getting a bit more complicated)
[hmm, re-reading, you’re saying “positive claim” which is different from praise. But also, positive claim isn’t the obvious counterpart to “criticism”. Doesn’t feel like part of the same schema to me)