Welcome 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: Things CEA is not doing , published by MaxDalton on the AI Alignment Forum. This is a linkpost for/ There are many things in EA community-building that the Centre for Effective Altruism is not doing. We think some of these things could be impactful if well-executed, even though we don't have the resources to take them on. Therefore, we want to let people know what we're not doing, so that they have a better sense of how neglected those areas are. To see more about what we are doing, look at our plans for 2021, and our summary of our long-term focus. Things we're not actively focused on We are not actively focusing on: Reaching new mid- or late-career professionals Reaching or advising high-net-worth donors Fundraising in general Cause-specific work (such as community building specifically for effective animal advocacy, AI safety, biosecurity, etc.) Career advising Research, except about the EA community Content creation Donor coordination Supporting other organizations Supporting promising individuals By “not actively focusing on”, I mean that some of our work will occasionally touch on or facilitate some of the above (e.g. if groups run career fellowships, or city groups do outreach to mid-career professionals), but our main efforts will be spent on other goals. One caveat to the below is that our community health team sometimes advises people who are working in the areas below (but don’t do the object-level work themselves). For example, they will sometimes advise on projects related to policy (even though none of them work on policy). Reaching new mid- or late-career professionals As mentioned in our 2021 plans, we intend to focus our efforts to bring new people into the community on students (especially at top universities) and young professionals. We intend to work to retain mid- and late-career professionals who are already highly engaged in EA, but we do not plan to work to recruit more mid- or late-career people. Reaching or advising high-net-worth donors We haven't done this for a while, but other EA-aligned organizations are working in this area, including Longview Philanthropy and Effective Giving. Fundraising in general Not focusing on fundraising is a change for us; we used to run EA Funds and Giving What We Can. These projects have now spun out of CEA, and we hope that this will give both these projects and CEA a clearer focus. Cause-specific work (such as community building specifically for effective animal advocacy, AI safety, biosecurity, etc.) As part of our work with local groups, we may work with group leaders to support cause-specific fellowships, workshops, or 1:1 content. However, we do not have any other plans in this area. Career advising As part of our work with local groups, we may work with group leaders to support career fellowships, workshops, or 1:1 content. And at our events, we try to match people with mentors who can advise them on their careers. We do not have any other plans in this area. 80,000 Hours clarified what they are and aren’t doing in this post. Research, except about the EA community We haven't had full-time research staff since ~2017, although we did support the CEA summer research fellowship in 2018 and 2019. We’ll continue to work with Rethink Priorities on the EA Survey, and to do other research that informs our own work. We’ll also continue to run the EA Forum and EA Global, which are venues where researchers can share and discuss their ideas. We believe that supporting these discussions ties in with our goals of recruiting students and young professionals and keeping existing community members up to speed with EA ideas. Content creation We curate content when doing so supports productive discussion spaces (e.g. inviting speakers to events, developing curricula for fellowships run by groups). We occasionally write c...