I think these are great criteria, Neel. If one or more of the funders had come to me and said, “Hey, here are some people who you’ve offended, or here are some people who say you’re sucking up their oxygen, or here’s why your policy proposals are unrealistic,” then I probably would have just accepted their judgment and trusted that the money is better spent elsewhere. Part of why I’m on the forum discussing these issues is that so far, nobody has offered me any details like that; essentially all I have is their bottom-line assessment that CAIP is less valuable than other funding opportunities.
I think these are great criteria, Neel. If one or more of the funders had come to me and said, “Hey, here are some people who you’ve offended, or here are some people who say you’re sucking up their oxygen, or here’s why your policy proposals are unrealistic,” then I probably would have just accepted their judgment and trusted that the money is better spent elsewhere. Part of why I’m on the forum discussing these issues is that so far, nobody has offered me any details like that; essentially all I have is their bottom-line assessment that CAIP is less valuable than other funding opportunities.