But if we agree it is not tenable, then we need a (much?) narrower community norm than ‘no donation matching’, such as ‘no donation matching without communication around counterfactuals’, or Open Phil / EAF needs to take significantly more flak than I think they did.
While I think a norm of “no donation matching” is where we should be, I think the best we’re likely to get is “no donation matching without donors understanding the counterfactual impact”. So while I’ve tried to argue for the former I’ve limited my criticism of campaigns to ones that don’t meet the latter.
While I think a norm of “no donation matching” is where we should be, I think the best we’re likely to get is “no donation matching without donors understanding the counterfactual impact”. So while I’ve tried to argue for the former I’ve limited my criticism of campaigns to ones that don’t meet the latter.