Importance - EA Forum - forum.effectivealtruism.org ![rw-book-cover|200x400](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article0.00998d930354.png) ## Metadata - Author: **forum.effectivealtruism.org** - Full Title: Importance - EA Forum - Category: #articles - URL: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/topics/importance ## Highlights - The importance of a problem (also called its scale) is the value of solving it. Together with tractability and neglectedness, importance is one of the three factors in the ITN framework.