Contextualizing EA in Non-Western Contexts - Dion Tan by Effective Altruism Gather Town https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1 Use this padlet to aid the discussion with your group and/or leave comments, ideas, arguments, sources, communication, or opportunities for the speaker(s) to find afterwards. en-us 2022-08-09 23:07:08 UTC 2022-09-14 14:43:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1768887429/e5034ef4dcedeeb2366aca74d0af97a6/EA_logo_heart_white_transparent.png Welcome to the 1st EAGT Unconference! eagathertown https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2257746196  • Click the + sign bottom-right to start a new note.

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- Yes at high level, people like to do good!
2. If so, what do you think is the greatest value of expanding?
3. What core ideas/values of EA should be communicated in all contexts?
- effectiveness
4. What cultural/religious/linguistic challenges have you experienced when talking about EA?]]> 2022-08-14 12:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260601139 Re 1 jinksy https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260615539 EA could mutate, either naturally or by design, to become an associated cause with enough overlap to be allied with EA while having different priorities]]> 2022-08-14 13:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260615539 Question 1 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260616895 Yes, but curious how it would look like because as a group gets bigger, there are challenges.

]]> 2022-08-14 13:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260616895 Re 1 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260617044 Yes! While doing that we should have consider to keep a desirable balance between homogeneity and heterogeneity, and if heterogeneity gets too big we could e.g. split into subgroups ]]> 2022-08-14 13:23:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260617044 Question 1/2 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260617327 Chapters she was part of were very small and close-knit
- In the pandemic, going from niche and selected participants to big city groups or chapters where everyone can join, she's had to learn to protect her data. 
- Didn’t realize she’d get EA messages from random EA participants. Doesn’t mean EA should filter participants. 
- Was part of Stanford EA and didn’t have the skills to communicate with the wider EA community

]]> 2022-08-14 13:24:48 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260617327 Question 3/4 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260617901 How do EA's develop the skills to discuss cultural topics with non-Western contexts?

Ex. going to China talking about how tofu is good would upset some people because it was famine food -> "colonizing" cuisines or making vegan alternatives to Asian food isn't so simple]]> 2022-08-14 13:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260617901 Re 2 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260617908 - more people
- different perspectives!!]]> 2022-08-14 13:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260617908 Overseas support? jinksy https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260618069 Could large EA organisations do something to build organisations giving opportunities for direct work in countries where there's otherwise little you could really do?]]> 2022-08-14 13:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260618069 Re 4 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260618512 - Lack of knowledge which those would be (e.g. for people attending EAGs), which is a challenge in itself
- misconceptions about EA, coming from newspaper articles]]> 2022-08-14 13:29:27 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260618512 Scientific Method https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260618667 EA could be described as applying the scientific method to altruism/philanthropy, and the scientific method is present in every industrialized culture. Maybe that's a good common ground?]]> 2022-08-14 13:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260618667 Question 4 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260619117 Difficulty introducing careers / 1-1 to students
- Asian college admissions remains heavily test-based
- Not common for freshman / sophomore internships except in top universities
- Modifying initial 1-1s / career worksheets so it's not overwhelming]]> 2022-08-14 13:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260619117 Question 3/4 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260619241 Attending EA conference for the first time! Would be nice to have a guide on networking since going up to people talking about careers isn't as common.]]> 2022-08-14 13:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260619241 Question 3 https://padlet.com/eagathertown/EAGT_U_padletA1/wish/2260620008 Given the existing realities in developing countries (ex. access to clean water, human trafficking), do you justify to people in your countries donating to EA charities?

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