The EA literature is missing an elevator-pitch. As a first approximation, Id suggest:
EA is a diligent approach to charity and ethical goals
Typical interests:
• Global poverty • Animal suffering • Existential risks • Earning to give
Characteristics:
• Focuses on consequences • Maximises the good done per unit of time/money • Impartial to location and future generations • Attentive to opportunity costs • Often measures benefits • ITN framework: — Importance eg number of lives saved, amount of suffering decreased — Tractability: additional resources will greatly address the issue — Neglectedness: few other people are working on the problem
The EA literature is missing an elevator-pitch.
As a first approximation, Id suggest:
EA is a diligent approach to charity and ethical goals
Typical interests:
• Global poverty
• Animal suffering
• Existential risks
• Earning to give
Characteristics:
• Focuses on consequences
• Maximises the good done per unit of time/money
• Impartial to location and future generations
• Attentive to opportunity costs
• Often measures benefits
• ITN framework:
— Importance eg number of lives saved, amount of suffering decreased
— Tractability: additional resources will greatly address the issue
— Neglectedness: few other people are working on the problem
https://kungfuhobbit.medium.com/effective-altruism-64ec03b00636