Which, if any, of the following statements would you agree with?
a.) ESPR isn’t very able to “sell” students on the EA movement or rationalist ideas, so it should de-emphasize that goal relative to getting students into benefiting the world more generally;
b.) it’s easier to make smart people more motivated towards altruistic goals, than to make altruists more effective at achieving those goals;
c.) it’s doubtful whether ESPR can actually teach people “rationality skills” (critical thinking, internal locus of control, other skills that generally make people more effective)
I think a) seems like something I’d agree with. I think it’s super possible to teach a lot of the CFAR skills, though, so I’m unsure to what extent we’re categorizing rationality.
I think I disagree with b) in the sense that if you only cared about impact, getting altruistic people to be more effective might be a better bet than convincing smart people to move towards altruistic goals.
Which, if any, of the following statements would you agree with?
a.) ESPR isn’t very able to “sell” students on the EA movement or rationalist ideas, so it should de-emphasize that goal relative to getting students into benefiting the world more generally;
b.) it’s easier to make smart people more motivated towards altruistic goals, than to make altruists more effective at achieving those goals;
c.) it’s doubtful whether ESPR can actually teach people “rationality skills” (critical thinking, internal locus of control, other skills that generally make people more effective)
I think a) seems like something I’d agree with. I think it’s super possible to teach a lot of the CFAR skills, though, so I’m unsure to what extent we’re categorizing rationality.
I think I disagree with b) in the sense that if you only cared about impact, getting altruistic people to be more effective might be a better bet than convincing smart people to move towards altruistic goals.
I disagree with c).