EA - EA Images by Bob Jacobs

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: EA Images, published by Bob Jacobs on November 11, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum.A while back there was a contest on this forum to design a flag for utilitarianism. Since getting money as an artist is very difficult, I entered hoping to win the prize money. However, after I submitted my design, the organizer changed the rules making my design retroactively ineligible. The organizer later deleted the posts, which not only means that I can no longer get the prize money, but also that my work is no longer visible on the site. Therefore, I decided to make this post to showcase not only these flag designs, but also some other works I made for EA but hadn't posted on the forum before.Flag of utilitarianism:Yellow stands for happiness, that which utilitarianism pursuesWhite stands for morality, that which utilitarianism isThe symbol is a sigma, since utilitarians care about the sum of all utilityThe symbol is also an hourglass, since utilitarians care about the (longterm) future consequencesIf you don't like the rounded design I also have a more angular design:Logo EA Brussels:It displays the Atomium, a famous building in Brussels:Logo EA Ghent:It incorporates elements from the logo of the University of Ghent (where I organize my group):And here is a banner I made for the facebook group (In Dutch you write "Gent"):I also made a bunch of banners and thumbnails for sequences on this site (although a lot of them are uncredited) and the images for the discussion norms.Lastly I made a symbol for slack/scout-mindset and moloch/soldier-mindset:There is a balance between Moloch (which I think of as the forces of exploitation) and Slack (which I think of as the forces of exploration).Scott Alexander writes:"Think of slack as a paradox – the Taoist art of winning competitions by not trying too hard at them. Moloch and Slack are opposites and complements, like yin and yang. Neither is stronger than the other, but their interplay creates the ten thousand things."Here is a Taijitu of Moloch and Slack as created by the inadequate equilibria and the hillock:You can find a higher resolution image and a svg-file of this symbol hereIf you want a graphic design for your EA projects, feel free to message me.Thanks for listening. To help us out with The Nonlinear Library or to learn more, please visit nonlinear.org.