One consideration is that EA has attracted a lot of money in recent years, and that investing in EA human capital (e.g. through improved networks, transfer of key knowledge, etc) could be very valuable. (See also this older post on talent constraints vs funding constraints.)
I’d be interested in seeing impact assessments/BOTECs (EDIT: Back of the envelope calculations) anyway, though like you(?) I think it is likely that the time costs are greater than the money costs.
How much funding is committed to effective altruism (going forward)? Around $46 billion.
Do you mean $46 billion to all effective altruism groups, or the researchers, or what? As it is used in this forum, does EA refer to a particular group that uses this forum, or effective altruism in general?
It is a little more vague than that. It means (at least as I interpret it) something like ‘there currently exists $46bn which Ben Todd thinks is quite committed to eventually being spent to improve the world using an EA framework of trying to do the most good’
Most of those assets currently belong to Dustin Moskovitz and Sam Bankman-Fried
One consideration is that EA has attracted a lot of money in recent years, and that investing in EA human capital (e.g. through improved networks, transfer of key knowledge, etc) could be very valuable. (See also this older post on talent constraints vs funding constraints.)
I’d be interested in seeing impact assessments/BOTECs (EDIT: Back of the envelope calculations) anyway, though like you(?) I think it is likely that the time costs are greater than the money costs.
Sorry, what does BOTECs mean?
back of the envelope calculations
I read the link to “Is effective altruism growing? An update on the stock of funding vs. people”
I don’t understand this:
How much funding is committed to effective altruism (going forward)? Around $46 billion.
Do you mean $46 billion to all effective altruism groups, or the researchers, or what? As it is used in this forum, does EA refer to a particular group that uses this forum, or effective altruism in general?
It is a little more vague than that. It means (at least as I interpret it) something like ‘there currently exists $46bn which Ben Todd thinks is quite committed to eventually being spent to improve the world using an EA framework of trying to do the most good’
Most of those assets currently belong to Dustin Moskovitz and Sam Bankman-Fried
Thanks for the info. I had never heard of Dustin Moskovitz and Sam Bankman-Fried. I just read about them on wikipedia. Now it makes more sense.