I like the model and appreciate that you find some ways to apply it. To me this reads a lot like the foundations of a larger project you might have in mind. Care to share any of your thoughts about what you might do with this information?
So, I do find it fascinating to analyse how multi-layered networks of agents interact and how those interactions can be improved to better reach goals together. My impression is also that it’s hard to make progress in (otherwise several simple coordination problems would already have been solved) and I lack expertise in network science, complexity science, multi-agent systems or microeconomics. I haven’t set out a clear direction but I do find your idea of making this into a larger project inspiring.
I’ll probably work on gathering more emperical data over time to overhaul any conclusions I came to in this article and gain a more fine-grained understanding how people interact in the EA community.
When I happen to make some creative connections between concepts again, I’ll start writing those up. :-)
I think I’ll also write a case study in the next months that examines one possible implication of this model (e.g. local group engagement) in a more detailed, balanced way (for the strategic implications I wrote about in this post, I leant towards being concise and activating people to think about them instead of examining a bunch of separate data sources dispassionately).
Awesome! Part of what makes me ask is that this reminds me a lot of how I got moving on work I care about myself: I came up with a complex model to explain complex phenomena and then from there explored ideas that eventually lead me to having a unique perspective to bring to the AI alignment discussion. I didn’t know that was going to happen at the time, and I like you’re thoughts on future work since they were much like mine.
Looking forward to seeing where your thinking leads you!
Ah, I have the first diagram in your article as one of my desktop backgrounds. :-) It was a fascinating demonstration of how experiences can be built up into more complex frameworks (even though I feel I only half-understand it). It was one of several articles that inspired and moulded my thinking in this post.
I’d value having a half-an-hour Skype chat with you some time. If you’re up for it, feel free to schedule one here.
I like the model and appreciate that you find some ways to apply it. To me this reads a lot like the foundations of a larger project you might have in mind. Care to share any of your thoughts about what you might do with this information?
So, I do find it fascinating to analyse how multi-layered networks of agents interact and how those interactions can be improved to better reach goals together. My impression is also that it’s hard to make progress in (otherwise several simple coordination problems would already have been solved) and I lack expertise in network science, complexity science, multi-agent systems or microeconomics. I haven’t set out a clear direction but I do find your idea of making this into a larger project inspiring.
I’ll probably work on gathering more emperical data over time to overhaul any conclusions I came to in this article and gain a more fine-grained understanding how people interact in the EA community. When I happen to make some creative connections between concepts again, I’ll start writing those up. :-)
I think I’ll also write a case study in the next months that examines one possible implication of this model (e.g. local group engagement) in a more detailed, balanced way (for the strategic implications I wrote about in this post, I leant towards being concise and activating people to think about them instead of examining a bunch of separate data sources dispassionately).
Awesome! Part of what makes me ask is that this reminds me a lot of how I got moving on work I care about myself: I came up with a complex model to explain complex phenomena and then from there explored ideas that eventually lead me to having a unique perspective to bring to the AI alignment discussion. I didn’t know that was going to happen at the time, and I like you’re thoughts on future work since they were much like mine.
Looking forward to seeing where your thinking leads you!
Ah, I have the first diagram in your article as one of my desktop backgrounds. :-) It was a fascinating demonstration of how experiences can be built up into more complex frameworks (even though I feel I only half-understand it). It was one of several articles that inspired and moulded my thinking in this post.
I’d value having a half-an-hour Skype chat with you some time. If you’re up for it, feel free to schedule one here.
Thanks for mentioning this!
Let me think about your question for a while. Will come back on it later.