Some prior statements/discussion of this cluster of questions:
- As noted, a recent post by Richard Ngo argued that he should've engaged more with people outside the EA community in prior years
- Daniel Kokatajlo commented on that same post saying that the opposite seems true for Daniel
- I think this post was relevant: Objections to Value-Alignment between Effective Altruists
- I seem to recall there being relevant parts of the 80,000 Hours anonymous answers series
- I just very quickly skimmed through those posts again, and this post definitely has relevant parts, while the following also seem decently likely to:
- https://80000hours.org/2020/04/anonymous-answers-diversity/
- https://80000hours.org/2020/02/anonymous-answers-effective-altruism-community-and-growth/
- https://80000hours.org/2019/11/anonymous-answers-most-overrated/
- https://80000hours.org/2020/02/anonymous-answers-general-life-advice/
- https://80000hours.org/2020/02/anonymous-answers-flaws-80000hours/
- https://80000hours.org/2020/06/anonymous-answers-myths-and-other-questions/
- I just very quickly skimmed through those posts again, and this post definitely has relevant parts, while the following also seem decently likely to:
(I'm sure there are many other relevant links that have slipped my mind or that I never saw, which is why this is a question post rather than just a post!)
Some factors that could influence answers to this cluster of questions:
(This is just a very quick, non-exhaustive list, with very little commentary. I'm hoping other people can add a bunch more factors, commentary, etc.)
Thank you for starting a thread on this open question! Just reading through.
I wrote some quick thoughts on the value of getting a diversity of views here.