Hm, this strikes me as worrying about drought during a flood (is that a saying? It should be).
Currently, I’m pretty worried about funding diversity. A large number of EA groups rely on funding from a very small number of donors and, as covered in the post, it’s hard for those funders to allocate funds efficiently. This pot also doesn’t seem to be growing.
Moving a bit more in the direction of my post will help with this situation, but I’m not yet worried about a scenario where EA groups have costs (incl. several full-time staff and large events in many cases) covered by membership fees.[1] So, I still expect funders tracking impact to retain strong influence over the group’s impact.
Also, as mentioned in my reply to Angelina, I don’t think we should assume that members/alumni/smaller donors won’t also care a lot about outcomes.
Hm, this strikes me as worrying about drought during a flood (is that a saying? It should be).
Currently, I’m pretty worried about funding diversity. A large number of EA groups rely on funding from a very small number of donors and, as covered in the post, it’s hard for those funders to allocate funds efficiently. This pot also doesn’t seem to be growing.
Moving a bit more in the direction of my post will help with this situation, but I’m not yet worried about a scenario where EA groups have costs (incl. several full-time staff and large events in many cases) covered by membership fees.[1] So, I still expect funders tracking impact to retain strong influence over the group’s impact.
Also, as mentioned in my reply to Angelina, I don’t think we should assume that members/alumni/smaller donors won’t also care a lot about outcomes.
Unless my post is so wildly persuasive that it changes the culture of the entire ecosystem overnight and brings in millions of dollars. Disastrous.