Further to this, if the primary goal is to learn about how the general public thinks about charitable giving, you could probably achieve the same result for far less than 100k. The remainder could be held in reserve and given to that cause if you really do think it’s the best use of the money, or to your current best guess if you do not. It seems like there’s an insight you wish to have and you’ve set a needlessly big pricetag on obtaining it.
I think it’s unlikely that people will choose to make donations that I regard as totally useless. If they do, then that’ll be learning in itself. In general, I think rich people hoarding wealth is a bigger problem for society than people making slightly suboptimal decisions about their giving, so I’m comfortable with the idea of putting a big sum towards this project.
Further to this, if the primary goal is to learn about how the general public thinks about charitable giving, you could probably achieve the same result for far less than 100k. The remainder could be held in reserve and given to that cause if you really do think it’s the best use of the money, or to your current best guess if you do not. It seems like there’s an insight you wish to have and you’ve set a needlessly big pricetag on obtaining it.
I think it’s unlikely that people will choose to make donations that I regard as totally useless. If they do, then that’ll be learning in itself. In general, I think rich people hoarding wealth is a bigger problem for society than people making slightly suboptimal decisions about their giving, so I’m comfortable with the idea of putting a big sum towards this project.