EA - Write more Wikipedia articles on policy-relevant EA concepts by freedomandutility

Link to original articleWelcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Write more Wikipedia articles on policy-relevant EA concepts, published by freedomandutility on April 3, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum.One way I think EA fails to maximise impact is by its focus on legible, clear and attributable impact over actions where the impact is extremely difficult to estimate.Writing Wikipedia articles on and around important EA concepts (except perhaps on infohazardous bioterrorism incidents) has low downside risk and extremely high upside risk, making these ideas much more easy to understand for policymakers and other people in positions of power who may come across them and google them. However, the feedback loops are virtually non-existent and the impact is highly illegible.For example, there is currently no dedicated Wikipedia page for “Existential Risk” and “Global Catastrophic Biological Risk”.Writing Wikipedia pages could be a particularly good use of time for people new to EA and people in university student groups who want to gain a better understanding of EA concepts or of EA-relevant policy areas.Some other ideas for creating new Wikipedia articles or adding more detail to existing ones:International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for ScienceAlternative ProteinsGovernance of Alternative ProteinsGlobal Partnership Biological Security Working GroupRegulation of gain-of-function biological research by countryPublic investment in alternative proteins by countrySpace governanceRegulation of alternative proteinsUN Biorisk Working GroupPolitical Representation of Future GenerationsPolitical Representation of Future Generations by CountryPolitical Representation of AnimalsJoint Assessment MechanismPublic investment in AI Safety research by countryInternational Experts Group of Biosafety and Biosecurity RegulatorsTobacco taxation by countryGlobal Partnership Signature Initiative to Mitigate Biological Threats in AfricaRegulations on lead in paint by countryAlcohol taxation by countryRegulation of dual-use biological research by countryJoint External EvaluationsBiological Weapons Convention funding by countryThanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.