great job tying history, lived experience, and analogies together to give a different, overlooked (if not completely ignored) perspective on longtermism

i’ve experienced the same issues having recently joined the EA forum and other similar communities - there is a homogeneity that is rewarded, while more fringe content  is rejected

“There's a multiplier effect. People who benefit from these programs often go on to train and mentor others.”

^ issue is that this remains researcher and engineer centric

it sounds like what is needed are people who are skilled in navigating ambiguity, especially in a frontier context like this (unlikely to be your avg researcher or engineer)

outside of the box thinking in this domain requires outside of the box talent