Thanks Luke. With regards to âbetter awarenessâ (#11). Competition is good and so people working on nearly the exact same thing isnât 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/âcompleted 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 âEA is overfundedâ 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 âEA is overfundedâ is contradictory to this.
I take your concern as being, probably rightfully so, these groups working on things without knowing of similar ongoing/âcompleted attempts.
Yep! I agree that competition is sometimes great, but itâs the lack of awareness/âlearning/âcollaboration 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, Iâve heard/âread many times both these things:
The idea seemed good but the team didnât seem like they could execute (knowing this, another team who could be a better fit should definitely apply, and/âor the original team could upskill/âfind 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 wouldnât pursue the idea, and the team would move onto something else instead of thinking that âtheyâ are the problem).
I also really like the criticism of the âEA is overfundedâ 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 âEA is overfundedâ is contradictory to this.
Thanks! Itâs a meme that I think could be incredibly self-defeating.
Thanks Luke. With regards to âbetter awarenessâ (#11). Competition is good and so people working on nearly the exact same thing isnât 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/âcompleted 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 âEA is overfundedâ 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 âEA is overfundedâ is contradictory to this.
Thanks Punty!
Yep! I agree that competition is sometimes great, but itâs the lack of awareness/âlearning/âcollaboration that can be a problem.
Yep, something like this. For example, Iâve heard/âread many times both these things:
The idea seemed good but the team didnât seem like they could execute (knowing this, another team who could be a better fit should definitely apply, and/âor the original team could upskill/âfind 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 wouldnât pursue the idea, and the team would move onto something else instead of thinking that âtheyâ are the problem).
Thanks! Itâs a meme that I think could be incredibly self-defeating.