That all makes sense. You are right that all of these have been discussed before on one level, but there’s so so much to get into I still feel we’ve barely scratched the surface of many of these
- The value of orgs that do one thing vs. those that do many (GiveWell funds both somewhat evenly) - How AI will transform of GHD - Growth/Development strategies vs. Randomista stuff - Wellbeing vs. other measures - “Hits based approach” vs. more solid research - Support of Govt. vs. Vertical solutions
Yeah I agree I’d love to hear more from CE charities, they are surprisingly silent on the forum! Re solution 2, have changed the post on that one
Maybe its up to people like me to convince people like you that its still interesting, will keep that it mind :)
It does seem like some of the “serious” GHD discussion is moving off the forum, e.g. later today I’m attending this online workshop (more info) that touches on your 3rd bullet. This seems part of the wider trend of decision-influencing discussion becoming internalised due to the professionalisation of EA GHD, which probably absorbed some of the best early commenters into these orgs. Holden’s 2014 writeup on the challenges of transparency seems loosely related if not exactly the same.
Maybe a fortnightly poll on each of those X vs Y topics? Or more cross-posting from GHD substacks like yours, Hannah Ritchie’s, David Nash’s, Lant Pritchett’s etc.
That all makes sense. You are right that all of these have been discussed before on one level, but there’s so so much to get into I still feel we’ve barely scratched the surface of many of these
- The value of orgs that do one thing vs. those that do many (GiveWell funds both somewhat evenly)
- How AI will transform of GHD
- Growth/Development strategies vs. Randomista stuff
- Wellbeing vs. other measures
- “Hits based approach” vs. more solid research
- Support of Govt. vs. Vertical solutions
Yeah I agree I’d love to hear more from CE charities, they are surprisingly silent on the forum! Re solution 2, have changed the post on that one
Maybe its up to people like me to convince people like you that its still interesting, will keep that it mind :)
It does seem like some of the “serious” GHD discussion is moving off the forum, e.g. later today I’m attending this online workshop (more info) that touches on your 3rd bullet. This seems part of the wider trend of decision-influencing discussion becoming internalised due to the professionalisation of EA GHD, which probably absorbed some of the best early commenters into these orgs. Holden’s 2014 writeup on the challenges of transparency seems loosely related if not exactly the same.
Maybe a fortnightly poll on each of those X vs Y topics? Or more cross-posting from GHD substacks like yours, Hannah Ritchie’s, David Nash’s, Lant Pritchett’s etc.