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Hi, Pepijn here, co-founder of the Tien Procent Club (Dutch org that promotes effective giving) and a highly irregular reader of this forum.

Here's my quick take: 

I think there's an opportunity to make much better EA videos simply by interviewing founders of the most effective non-profits. The medium is the message, and video lends itself perfectly for conveying emotions. It feels like there's a lot of room left to produce entertaining, exciting and high information density videos on effective non-profits.

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Hey! I lead the GCRCB team at Open Philanthropy, which as part of our portfolio funds "meta EA" stuff (e.g. CEA).

I like the high-level idea here (haven't thought through the details).

We're happy to receive proposals like this for media communicating EA ideas and practices. Feel free to apply here, or if you have a more early-stage idea, feel free to DM me on here with a short description — no need for polish — and I'll get back to you with a quick take about whether it's something we might be interested in. : )

Thanks for writing this! 

You changed my views considerably. I now see how being a vegan will force businesses to adapt faster, even driving technological change. This effect is much stronger than just the meat one has avoided to eat.

Another insight I hadn't considered is that a (big) company or instution going 100% plantbased would change the norm. So advocating for this seems very effective to me.

 

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Karthik Sekar
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words :)