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Subtitle: On vegan advocacy, effective altruism, and FIFA
I turn 40 today. Here are some hot takes.
On factory farming
1. Our biggest challenge is salience. If factory farming led the evening news, it wouldn’t last lo...
My personal opinion: these kind of important, time-sensitive, and relatively content-free fundraising announcements should be kept to EA Facebook groups.
I agree. I won't ban content like this from the Forum, but I do recommend that people share it on platforms like Facebook that people tend to check more frequently, and which more easily "hide" content that is no longer relevant.Â
In most cases, I expect to keep short-term fundraisers in the "Personal Blog" category (with some exceptions for large community-wide activities like EA Giving Tuesday, or for posts that also include substantive content about a cause area).
Sounds good, makes sense, Peter and Aaron.