I worry that all of the organizations you describe as working on the problem of understanding what matters are using a thinking-based methodology that is 1) heavily influenced by cultural blindspots and 2) disconnected from the direct experience of being in a human body.
I agree that the organizations I mentioned are all taking very cerebral approaches towards the question of what matters.
I think this is because in this essay, I was only considering the question of what current EA initiatives look promising under the steering capacity framework, and all current EA initiatives are thinking-based.
There are many other projects considering the question of what matters, many of them based in lived experience (e.g. Zen & Vipassana meditation traditions). Some of these are probably very valuable.
I agree that the organizations I mentioned are all taking very cerebral approaches towards the question of what matters.
I think this is because in this essay, I was only considering the question of what current EA initiatives look promising under the steering capacity framework, and all current EA initiatives are thinking-based.
There are many other projects considering the question of what matters, many of them based in lived experience (e.g. Zen & Vipassana meditation traditions). Some of these are probably very valuable.