Really excited about this! I’m not planning to work on it, but I’ll definitely read more of what you discover and write on the topic!
Effective Altruism typically focuses on maximizing the potential of large monetary donations and personal careers. I’d imagine Effective Epistemics would focus more on maximizing the impact of smaller amounts of effort.
I was confused by the link with EA, but that clarified it nicely!
About epistemic progress, the idea of historical studies made me think of things like the history of atheism (like in this cool post of a sequence on Machiavelli), and other shifts in intellectual perspectives and norms. This is definitely a topic I find fascinating, and I would love to see more work on it.
Really excited about this! I’m not planning to work on it, but I’ll definitely read more of what you discover and write on the topic!
I was confused by the link with EA, but that clarified it nicely!
About epistemic progress, the idea of historical studies made me think of things like the history of atheism (like in this cool post of a sequence on Machiavelli), and other shifts in intellectual perspectives and norms. This is definitely a topic I find fascinating, and I would love to see more work on it.