This seems like an important worry. I’ve updated the main post to state that I’m now unclear whether reports are good or bad (because it seems like most of the effect comes from how others’ use the information in the reports, and it’s unclear to me whether they will mostly improve or worsen their judgement).
I do think that (a) people will discount lottery winners at least a bit relative to donors of the same size and (b) it’s good to introduce input on funding evaluation from someone with errors that are (relatively) uncorrelated with major funding bodies’ errors.
This seems like an important worry. I’ve updated the main post to state that I’m now unclear whether reports are good or bad (because it seems like most of the effect comes from how others’ use the information in the reports, and it’s unclear to me whether they will mostly improve or worsen their judgement).
I do think that (a) people will discount lottery winners at least a bit relative to donors of the same size and (b) it’s good to introduce input on funding evaluation from someone with errors that are (relatively) uncorrelated with major funding bodies’ errors.