A large part of why I’m writing this is to try to make this work higher status and to encourage more of this work. Consider yourself to be encouraged and/or thanked if you’re working in this space or planning to work in this space.
To add a second data point: I think effective community/capacity building can be both incredibly challenging and incredibly impactful. I respect the people who do CB well a lot, much more than the median AIS researcher I meet (especially since it requires pushing back against the default incentive gradients). I’m not sure how much this means to people in practice, but I think it’s worth putting on the public record anyways.
To add a second data point: I think effective community/capacity building can be both incredibly challenging and incredibly impactful. I respect the people who do CB well a lot, much more than the median AIS researcher I meet (especially since it requires pushing back against the default incentive gradients). I’m not sure how much this means to people in practice, but I think it’s worth putting on the public record anyways.