Is Pronatalist.org the only EA group advocating for increased birth rates? Additionally, does anyone know if 'Stop Population Decline' has any affiliation with EA?
How can we build more (and better) groups?
Is Pronatalist.org the only EA group advocating for increased birth rates? Additionally, does anyone know if 'Stop Population Decline' has any affiliation with EA?
How can we build more (and better) groups?
Pronatalist.org is not an EA group. It's great that EA considerations have started entering the public consciousness and I would love if every charity was expected to answer "why is this the most effective thing you could be doing?", but that doesn't mean that any group claiming their mission is really important is part of EA. It's very difficult to argue a rigorous case that promoting pronatalist sentiment is an effective use of money or time, and so far they haven't.
Rather than ask how we can build more (and better) groups, ask whether we should.
Would you be able to cite any strong reasoning for this as an important cause area. Past research into this suggests not.
Some key reasons I find the issue uncompelling :
Chapter 7 of What We Owe the Future has some discussion along these lines. I hope that most EAs are not prioritizing this issue not because it's not important, but because short to medium AI timelines present a more urgent problem.
The founders did write a detailed (and poorly received) post arguing for considering demographic collapse as a high-priority cause area.