Just to address point (2), the comments in “EA is vetting-constrained” suggest that EA is not that vetting-constrained:
I actually don’t think that this is correct.
Denise’s comment does suggest that, for the meta space specifically.
But Claire’s comment seems broadly in agreement with the “vetting-constrained” view, or at least the view that that’s one important constraint. Some excerpts:
Based on my experience doing some EA grantmaking at Open Phil, my impression is that the bottleneck isn’t in vetting precisely, though that’s somewhat directionally correct. It’s more like there’s a distribution of projects, and we’ve picked some of the low-hanging fruit, and on the current margin, grantmaking in this space requires more effort per grant to feel comfortable with, either to vet (e.g. because the case is confusing, we don’t know the people involved), to advise (e.g. the team is inexperienced), to refocus (e.g. we think they aren’t focusing on interventions that would meet our goals, and so we need to work on sharing models until one of us is moved), or to find. [...] Overall, I think generating more experienced grantmakers/mentors for new projects is a priority for the movement.” [emphasis added]
And Jan Kulveit’s comment is likewise more mixed.
And several other comments mostly just agree with the “vetting-constrained” view. (People can check it out themselves.)
Of course, this doesn’t prove that EA is vetting-constrained—I’m just contesting the specific claim that “the comments” on that post “suggest that EA is not that vetting-constrained”. (Though I also do think that vetting is one key constraint in EA, and I have some additional evidence for that that’s independent of what’s already in that post and the comments there, which I could perhaps try expand on if people want.)
I actually don’t think that this is correct.
Denise’s comment does suggest that, for the meta space specifically.
But Claire’s comment seems broadly in agreement with the “vetting-constrained” view, or at least the view that that’s one important constraint. Some excerpts:
And Jan Kulveit’s comment is likewise more mixed.
And several other comments mostly just agree with the “vetting-constrained” view. (People can check it out themselves.)
Of course, this doesn’t prove that EA is vetting-constrained—I’m just contesting the specific claim that “the comments” on that post “suggest that EA is not that vetting-constrained”. (Though I also do think that vetting is one key constraint in EA, and I have some additional evidence for that that’s independent of what’s already in that post and the comments there, which I could perhaps try expand on if people want.)