“Community Polls for the Community” by Will Aldred

The Meta Coordination Forum (MCF) is a place where EA leaders are polled on matters of EA community strategy. I thought it could be fun (and interesting) to run these same polls on EAs at large.[1]

Note: I link to the corresponding MCF results throughout this post, but I recommend readers don’t look at those until after voting themselves, to avoid anchoring.

 

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2040) AI timelines","agreeWording":"agree","disagreeWording":"disagree","colorScheme":{"darkColor":"#1D2A17","lightColor":"#FFFFFF","bannerTextColor":"#FFFFFF"},"duration":{"days":1,"hours":0,"minutes":0}}"> 

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20% of the EA community's resources but currently receives little attention","agreeWording":"agree","disagreeWording":"disagree","colorScheme":{"darkColor":"#7B3402","lightColor":"#FFFFFF","bannerTextColor":"#FFFFFF"},"duration":{"days":1,"hours":0,"minutes":0}}"> 

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I’m sneaking in this meta-level poll to finish. For previous discussion, see this thread. The idea, in my mind, is that these independent EAs would be invited for [...]

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First published:

May 1st, 2025

Source:

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/EYcFujQqWhzoSadh9/community-polls-for-the-community

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