I’d caution against equating “lack of support from Open Philanthropy and GiveWell” with “lack of interest from people in the EA movement”. There are a tiny number of people who contribute to how those organizations give out funding, and a lot of donors who might be open to a strong argument from a charity with a good track record in a different promising area.
The effective altruism (EA) movement dedicates minimal resources to studying the lessons, let alone attempting to replicate, the greatest poverty alleviation in living memory.
If someone is interested in this topic but doesn’t have access to a big pile of money, what would you recommend they do? Is there a list of open problems / research questions available somewhere?
I see the list of jobs on the CCI website — more than I expected! So that’s a great start, but I wanted to check if there were things you’d recommend aside from donating money and applying for a role.
I’d caution against equating “lack of support from Open Philanthropy and GiveWell” with “lack of interest from people in the EA movement”. There are a tiny number of people who contribute to how those organizations give out funding, and a lot of donors who might be open to a strong argument from a charity with a good track record in a different promising area.
If someone is interested in this topic but doesn’t have access to a big pile of money, what would you recommend they do? Is there a list of open problems / research questions available somewhere?
I see the list of jobs on the CCI website — more than I expected! So that’s a great start, but I wanted to check if there were things you’d recommend aside from donating money and applying for a role.