Yes, with the caveat that itās the percentage of altruistically-inclined ordinary people earning to give thatās too low, actually. Itās not at all an issue with the individual EAs who do EA work.
Anyways, Iād say itās about the EA movement not really being the kind of place that smaller donors particularly want to hang out in. Itās optimised to engage potential workers because its infrastructure is all funded by CEA whose goal is to develop a worker talent pool that Open Philanthropy can throw grants at. Like, everything from CEAās recruitment spots (students at top unis) to its events (EAG is for those who are ātaking action on EA principlesā i.e. working, all CEA events are structured professionally) are about community-building for EA workers.
If you want to engage more small donors, you need to restructure community spaces to account for that goal. Do we actually want to do that?
Yes, with the caveat that itās the percentage of altruistically-inclined ordinary people earning to give thatās too low, actually. Itās not at all an issue with the individual EAs who do EA work.
Anyways, Iād say itās about the EA movement not really being the kind of place that smaller donors particularly want to hang out in. Itās optimised to engage potential workers because its infrastructure is all funded by CEA whose goal is to develop a worker talent pool that Open Philanthropy can throw grants at. Like, everything from CEAās recruitment spots (students at top unis) to its events (EAG is for those who are ātaking action on EA principlesā i.e. working, all CEA events are structured professionally) are about community-building for EA workers.
If you want to engage more small donors, you need to restructure community spaces to account for that goal. Do we actually want to do that?