squelchtoad comments on Earning to Give vs. Altruistic Career Choice Revisited - Less Wrong

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Comment author: squelchtoad 02 June 2013 10:59:11PM 3 points [-]

RE: lobbying as EA, there seem to be serious low-hanging fruit in EA outreach/advocacy:

See http://blog.againstmalaria.com/post/2013/05/30/The-impact-of-Peter-Singers-recent-TED-talk.aspx

Quick caveats: (1) Singer is a big name and is more likely to convince people because of name-recognition. (2) Singer is a much better public speaker than most EA advocates.

But working in EA advocacy need not necessarily mean going on a speaking tour. It could mean, for instance, organizing a Peter Singer speaking tour.