For this weekend's EA Global Student Summit I wrote a short talk about jargon that's popular in the EA community. It covers:
- When it's good to use
- When it's best to avoid
- Alternatives to common jargon terms
- Words I think we should mostly stop using
- Why people bicker about this, and a tiny piece of philosophy of language.
Folks liked it on social media and jargon has been a regular topic here on the EA Forum, so I thought I'd share.
Open commenting is enabled on the Google Slides so you can respond to specific points!
It's not particularly associated with the EA community – I think your impression there is correct. I'd say it's more generic nerd jargon than EA jargon. I actually don't think I hear it used especially often in EA.
I honestly don't remember the detailed connotations from Stranger in a Strange Land, but since I'm neither a Martian nor a member of a weird New-Agey Martian cult I don't consider this a huge disadvantage.