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Building effective altruism refers to the family of interventions aimed at growing, shapingshaping, or otherwise improving effective altruism as ana practical and intellectual community.
80,000 Hours rates building effective altruism a "highest priority area": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by importance, tractability and neglectedness (80,000 Hours 2021).[1]
80,000 Hours (2021) Our current list of the most important world problems, 80,000 Hours.
80,000 Hours (2021) Our current list of the most important world problems, 80,000 Hours.
Building effective altruism refers to the family of interventions aimed at growing, shaping or otherwise improving effective altruism as asan intellectual community.
80,000 Hours rates building effective altruism a "highest priority area": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by importance, tractability and neglectedness (80,000 Hours 2021).
80,000 Hours (2021) Our current list of the most important world problems, 80,000 Hours.
Examples of
movementbuilding effective altruism include starting studentgroups,groups and local groups, writing articles, and organizing social gatherings for people interested in effective altruism.ThereAn influential model in effective altruism community building isa relevant distinction between work that increases outside awareness ofthemovement and work that increases its favorability.Awareness/Inclination model, developed by Owen Cotton-Barratt.[1] Awareness andfavorabilityinclination are both limiting factors for movementgrowth, sincegrowth: in order to join effective altruism, aperson would needpotential new member both needs tobothknow what the movement is (awareness) and have a positive impression of it and desire towant to become involved.be involved (inclination). Ideally, EA movement-building work would increase both
of these factors,awareness and inclination, but there is sometimes a trade-off between the two. For instance,one way thatsome social movementsoftendraw attentionisto themselves by generating controversy, whichtendsincreases awareness while decreases inclination.There has been debate about the value of growing the effective altruism movement. A larger movement means more people trying to
decrease favorability.In addition, excessive movement growthdo good effectively, but there may alsodecrease the effectiveness of the people within thebe downsides to a larger movement. For example, it may be more difficult to have nuanced discussions, protect key effective altruism priorities, or coordinate.80,000 Hours rates building effective altruism a "highest priority area": a problem at the top of their ranking of global issues assessed by importance, tractability and neglectedness.[
1]2]Bachmann, Michael (2018), Start with who
Centre for Effective Altruism (2017, updated 2021), The fidelity model of spreading ideas
Cotton-Barratt, Owen (2015), How valuable is movement growth?
Cotton-Barratt (2015) How valuable is movement growth?, Effective Altruism.org
80,000 Hours (2021) Our current list of the most important world problems, 80,000 Hours.