But you’re talking about a “decline in a just-do-it attitude” caused by “challenges for would-be doers in 2023 that weren’t necessarily (as) present in 2008 or 2013″, but then seem to be saying that ‘Now we have tons of money from Open Phil and a lot from other places’ is a ‘challenge’ that EAs today face that wasn’t as present in 2008 or 2013...because back then there was hardly any money at all.
And I’m saying that I don’t see how having money now (skewed heavily to one funder) is supposed to explain a decline in a just-do-it attitude?
(I realise that you also say “a small group birthing a startup in the first wave’s signature cause area—global health—without outside help or funding is probably easier than doing the same in AI safety” but that seems very non-obvious to me and in fact I would have guessed the opposite.)
But you’re talking about a “decline in a just-do-it attitude” caused by “challenges for would-be doers in 2023 that weren’t necessarily (as) present in 2008 or 2013″, but then seem to be saying that ‘Now we have tons of money from Open Phil and a lot from other places’ is a ‘challenge’ that EAs today face that wasn’t as present in 2008 or 2013...because back then there was hardly any money at all.
And I’m saying that I don’t see how having money now (skewed heavily to one funder) is supposed to explain a decline in a just-do-it attitude?
(I realise that you also say “a small group birthing a startup in the first wave’s signature cause area—global health—without outside help or funding is probably easier than doing the same in AI safety” but that seems very non-obvious to me and in fact I would have guessed the opposite.)