1) We can also set up a community pool to insure person A in case person B turns out to run into financial issues at the same time. A committee can take charge of this community pool and pay out person A or person B depending on the situation. Then, person A or B can pay money back into the community pool.
2) For the problem of dicks in the movement, we can have mediators—person C—that person B can turn to in case s/he suspects superficial problems.
1) Please see my reply to kbog for some reasons why I think a donation pool is less feasible in the short run than 2-party donation insurance.
2) I think that’s a possible solution. I also think the number of naive EV utilitarians is vastly overestimated (it’s quite probable the number is under 10, and quite possible it’s actually 0). Alternatively people can just trust fellow aspiring effective altruists well enough to not renege on the spirit of an agreement.
Nice idea! Two optimizations:
1) We can also set up a community pool to insure person A in case person B turns out to run into financial issues at the same time. A committee can take charge of this community pool and pay out person A or person B depending on the situation. Then, person A or B can pay money back into the community pool.
2) For the problem of dicks in the movement, we can have mediators—person C—that person B can turn to in case s/he suspects superficial problems.
Thanks for the comment!
1) Please see my reply to kbog for some reasons why I think a donation pool is less feasible in the short run than 2-party donation insurance.
2) I think that’s a possible solution. I also think the number of naive EV utilitarians is vastly overestimated (it’s quite probable the number is under 10, and quite possible it’s actually 0). Alternatively people can just trust fellow aspiring effective altruists well enough to not renege on the spirit of an agreement.
For 1, I read your comment below, makes sense to start small and expand :-)
For 2, I think you’d get more people involved if they overcome the emotional fears of naive EV utilitarians through some sort of mediator.