This is really great to see. Obviously, Open Phil and EA Infra have funded awesome projects, but it’s true that having so many important decisions made by a small number of grant makers at those orgs can lead to group biases and echo chambers that may lead them to neglect other high-potential opportunities. I’d be curious to to see how a more decentralized group of less committed (in terms of time) grant makers fairs against a few full-time grant makers, but of course it’s not a competition. Ultimately, we’re all winners here, and more diversity and extra perspectives is almost universally a good thing.
Just fyi the EA Infrastructure fund grantmakers are all part-time and have full-time jobs with some doing ‘meta’ work and others doing ‘object level’ work. You can see who is on the team here.
This is really great to see. Obviously, Open Phil and EA Infra have funded awesome projects, but it’s true that having so many important decisions made by a small number of grant makers at those orgs can lead to group biases and echo chambers that may lead them to neglect other high-potential opportunities. I’d be curious to to see how a more decentralized group of less committed (in terms of time) grant makers fairs against a few full-time grant makers, but of course it’s not a competition. Ultimately, we’re all winners here, and more diversity and extra perspectives is almost universally a good thing.
Just fyi the EA Infrastructure fund grantmakers are all part-time and have full-time jobs with some doing ‘meta’ work and others doing ‘object level’ work. You can see who is on the team here.
Oh wow! I didn’t know that! That makes their work even more impressive! 🙏