I would be interested to know what cause your friend hopes to donate to? There are slightly different considerations for established fields like global health compared to newer fields like AI safety
Thank you kindly, this was very helpful, and my friend is already studying the subject too! :)
As for the causes—I don’t know yet, because we are discussing in metaphors and on quite a high level for now. But he and his wife are vegans, I know animal welfare is crucial to them, so I would risk saying that this area will be his main focus. However, they might be interested in mitigating poverty/healthcare risk areas too, as they became parents recently, and that changes everything as we know. ;) AI safety, not sure, we didn’t discuss existential risks yet. I’m not pushing, just responding to questions for now.
I would be interested to know what cause your friend hopes to donate to? There are slightly different considerations for established fields like global health compared to newer fields like AI safety
I’d refer your friend to information about “patient philanthropy” that cover some of the arguments for waiting https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/phil-trammell-patient-philanthropy/ https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/patient-altruism
Thank you kindly, this was very helpful, and my friend is already studying the subject too! :)
As for the causes—I don’t know yet, because we are discussing in metaphors and on quite a high level for now. But he and his wife are vegans, I know animal welfare is crucial to them, so I would risk saying that this area will be his main focus.
However, they might be interested in mitigating poverty/healthcare risk areas too, as they became parents recently, and that changes everything as we know. ;)
AI safety, not sure, we didn’t discuss existential risks yet. I’m not pushing, just responding to questions for now.