This year's Nobel prizes for Physics and for Chemistry went to computer scientists (among others).
Previous prizes have stretched the discipline boundaries, e.g., the Economics Prize for Ostrom (poli sci) and Kahnemann (psych).
Probably because the prize categories are not set optimally to maximize their goal
... especially as the world has progressed.
The current categories are: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Economics (*slightly different prize), and Peace
What would be the ideal categories for this, considering what the real world (not just EA) will latch onto?
My quick take, in approximate order of importance to this goal:
1. Humanitarian work (policies, programs, innovation, and action; if feasible, to include animal welfare)
2. Peace (actual work towards international peace, not humanitarian stuff)
3. Governance and public policy
4. Reduction of global catastrophic risks (this one might be hard to sell), response to disasters and pandemics
5. Life sciences (including medicine)
6. Physical and climate science (including physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology etc.)
7. Math, statistics, computer science, and AI
8. Technology and engineering
9. (Maybe) Social science (including economics)
10. (Maybe) Philosophy, journalism, culture, and communication
Hmm... that seems like too many; need to pare down the list, maybe combine some of these