Interesting analysis—I think even if stuff like this doesn’t pan out, there are large intangible benefits to EA of giving people who might be interested in specific issues a way to optimise within their parameters.
Out of curiosity, what made you decide to research the area in the first place?
I’d always been a bit interested in the area as a bystander. In the first half of 2021 I realised that a) I had more money to donate over the next few years than I expected and that b) the EA movement had more money than I’d thought. This made me think that I should try to find something a bit unexplored to do with my donations. I went through the Founders Pledge research reports and this struck me as a good bet, where my donations would fill up a lot of the RFMF.
Interesting analysis—I think even if stuff like this doesn’t pan out, there are large intangible benefits to EA of giving people who might be interested in specific issues a way to optimise within their parameters.
Out of curiosity, what made you decide to research the area in the first place?
Thanks!
I’d always been a bit interested in the area as a bystander. In the first half of 2021 I realised that a) I had more money to donate over the next few years than I expected and that b) the EA movement had more money than I’d thought. This made me think that I should try to find something a bit unexplored to do with my donations. I went through the Founders Pledge research reports and this struck me as a good bet, where my donations would fill up a lot of the RFMF.