Should effective altruism be more "cool"?
As a recent entrant to the sphere of rationality and effective altruism, I often wonder if the primarily-nerdy audience & community (which I adore) is less than a boon to the objectives of effective altruism. If a popularization (through social media platforms such as TikTok) were to happen with EA,...
Jun 22, 20243
Apologies for my brevity. I understand this forum has a high standard of quality it expects from its posts, but I've not really put in the time to make a full essay out of this.
I'm currently working on building up an EA-adjacent community; the purpose of this is to make it more "palatable" to career-focused types. I want to create a community that someone can look at and go "wow, this will help me land a higher-paying job" and then transition that into genuine optimism & action towards creating a better future.
I'll try it out for a month or three, and if this seems to be getting traction, will provide an update. :)