That makes sense. I currently believe that the grantee did honour their commitment re hours spent on this project, and if I came to believe otherwise I would be much more inclined to claw back funding.
(You didn’t explicitly make this claim, but I’d like to push back somewhat on people with unsuccessful longtermist projects “slacking off”. In general, my impression from speaking to grantees (including those with failed projects) is that they are overworked rather than underworked relative to “normal jobs” that pay similarly or are similarly challenging/selective.)
That makes sense. I currently believe that the grantee did honour their commitment re hours spent on this project, and if I came to believe otherwise I would be much more inclined to claw back funding.
(You didn’t explicitly make this claim, but I’d like to push back somewhat on people with unsuccessful longtermist projects “slacking off”. In general, my impression from speaking to grantees (including those with failed projects) is that they are overworked rather than underworked relative to “normal jobs” that pay similarly or are similarly challenging/selective.)