Thanks Luke. With regards to “better awareness” (#11). Competition is good and so people working on nearly the exact same thing isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Ideally, there are identifiable differences so that we can learn from them. I take your concern as being, probably rightfully so, these groups working on things without knowing of similar ongoing/completed attempts.
Would you propose collaborated record keeping between funders and entrepreneurs of ongoing and completed projects, with their potential points of failure? Including, why funding was not approved.
I also really like the criticism of the “EA is overfunded” meme. I think emphasising the good that can arise from the donations by the global 1% remains an important part of EA, and saying that “EA is overfunded” is contradictory to this.
I take your concern as being, probably rightfully so, these groups working on things without knowing of similar ongoing/completed attempts.
Yep! I agree that competition is sometimes great, but it’s the lack of awareness/learning/collaboration that can be a problem.
Would you propose collaborated record keeping between funders and entrepreneurs of ongoing and completed projects, with their potential points of failure? Including, why funding was not approved.
Yep, something like this. For example, I’ve heard/read many times both these things:
The idea seemed good but the team didn’t seem like they could execute (knowing this, another team who could be a better fit should definitely apply, and/or the original team could upskill/find new members etc)
The idea seems pretty bad (for reasons that might not be immediately obvious) but the team seemed pretty capable (knowing this other people wouldn’t pursue the idea, and the team would move onto something else instead of thinking that “they” are the problem).
I also really like the criticism of the “EA is overfunded” meme. I think emphasising the good that can arise from the donations by the global 1% remains an important part of EA, and saying that “EA is overfunded” is contradictory to this.
Thanks! It’s a meme that I think could be incredibly self-defeating.
Thanks Luke. With regards to “better awareness” (#11). Competition is good and so people working on nearly the exact same thing isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Ideally, there are identifiable differences so that we can learn from them. I take your concern as being, probably rightfully so, these groups working on things without knowing of similar ongoing/completed attempts.
Would you propose collaborated record keeping between funders and entrepreneurs of ongoing and completed projects, with their potential points of failure? Including, why funding was not approved.
I also really like the criticism of the “EA is overfunded” meme. I think emphasising the good that can arise from the donations by the global 1% remains an important part of EA, and saying that “EA is overfunded” is contradictory to this.
Thanks Punty!
Yep! I agree that competition is sometimes great, but it’s the lack of awareness/learning/collaboration that can be a problem.
Yep, something like this. For example, I’ve heard/read many times both these things:
The idea seemed good but the team didn’t seem like they could execute (knowing this, another team who could be a better fit should definitely apply, and/or the original team could upskill/find new members etc)
The idea seems pretty bad (for reasons that might not be immediately obvious) but the team seemed pretty capable (knowing this other people wouldn’t pursue the idea, and the team would move onto something else instead of thinking that “they” are the problem).
Thanks! It’s a meme that I think could be incredibly self-defeating.