There is a not insignificant portion of rationalists who at least don’t believe existing existential risk reduction research organizations are the best charities to donate to. I’m sure there are some who believe donating money to anti-poverty charities are the best option, but for all I know they could be rare among rationalists. I believe lots of rationalists aren’t confident about which cause area is most worthy, but I don’t know what portion of them donate anyway. I believe some people in this latter group split their donations, so I’d be interested to know if in their case they’ve taken the Giving What We Can pledge, and then donate additional money beyond that 10% to reducing global poverty to other types of charities.
There is a not insignificant portion of rationalists who at least don’t believe existing existential risk reduction research organizations are the best charities to donate to. I’m sure there are some who believe donating money to anti-poverty charities are the best option, but for all I know they could be rare among rationalists. I believe lots of rationalists aren’t confident about which cause area is most worthy, but I don’t know what portion of them donate anyway. I believe some people in this latter group split their donations, so I’d be interested to know if in their case they’ve taken the Giving What We Can pledge, and then donate additional money beyond that 10% to reducing global poverty to other types of charities.