All of lauragreen's Comments + Replies

♥️ that's great taste!

Didn't read through all comments so unsure if this was suggested already, but could the karma / agree votes be located at the bottom of comments rather than at the top (or both)? For very long comments (especially in gnarly threads) it's a pain to scroll up to agree/disagree vote, and it incentivises liking based on the author or first few lines rather than reading through.

+1, also sharing this with people seeking advice from me (and other "mentors") and finding it very helpful, for basically the same reasons. Thanks!

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Neel Nanda
8mo
Glad to hear it, I didn't think anyone still remembered this post!

Extremely helpful, thanks for this Zoe! Would it be possible to add the author's name to each summary, to avoid the extra click to check it out?

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Zoe Williams
2y
Ah yep, good idea - I'll do that for next week's :)

Super useful thanks! Tangential point: broken link for "What is Effective Altruism", I'm curious to see what it look(ed) like if anyone has a link :)

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Aaron Gertler
5y
Thanks for the note! Looks like the domain expired a few days ago; I replaced the link with an archived version of the site.

Awesome! Thanks for this David :) I would say that this seems really useful, and that posting here sounds like a good option. It also enables people / orgs to add things you potentially missed as comments.

Hi Gleb! Thought your blog post was really interesting, thanks! :) A few comments:

1) It maybe needs more precise/concrete advice. As someone trying to build up EA movements where it is practically inexistent, I found your points interesting but lacking specific ideas of what I should do to improve.

2) On a related note, jclifton333's 3rd point relating to how to invest in our advocacy abilities really needs to be explored more. If you feel that your backgroud in "marketing, education and outreach" gave you experience and ideas on how to develop ... (read more)

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Gleb_T
9y
Laura, thanks for that feedback, really helpful! For point 1, telling stories, this is why I included a link to my post as a way of illustrating a concrete example of how to tell stories. For point 2, regarding developing soft skills, I'd suggest looking into Motivational Interviewing as an effective, research-based way of engaging with people in a soft form while still pursuing advocacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivational_interviewing For point 3, I hear what you're saying and I think I'm speaking more in terms of the most return on investment if we are investing resources into outreach. Doesn't mean that outreach to religious people should not be done, of course, it's just less likely to yield such high returns.