However, I think this post as it stands leans a lot on the Importance dimension of the ITN framework, gestures at Neglectedness, and doesnāt directly address Tractability. To be clear, thatās fine! Not every post needs to address everything; some of the linked posts address those somewhat; other resources out there do too.
But I do think that the question of āwhat can be done with 100s of extra $bnā is also a question of T and N, and I think part (majority?) of what Ransohoff is saying is that weāre woefully unprepared ~1 level down from ācause areaā at the infrastructure /ā intervention /ā ecosystem /ā etc. level (where T and N mostly cash out, IMO).
If people have or can point to write-ups about how many and what size of shovel-ready projects we have for the various animal problems listed: definitely post and signal boost those!!
Maybe a crux here might be āwhat sort of net effect one expects from more or less just spending any amount of $ to hire anyone you can to try to find those projectsā. Not saying thatās the authorās take per se; but I am somewhat skeptical of things shaped like āwe need[...] a lot more people working on [X]ā if what they mean is āwe need to get warm bodies on this at all costsā. People can have net negative impact! There are opportunity costs to going all-in like that!
Overall I hope a large chunk of this wave of philanthropy goes to animal welfare, but also that it can be spent well and deployed quickly :)
FWIW I agree with the sentiment!
However, I think this post as it stands leans a lot on the Importance dimension of the ITN framework, gestures at Neglectedness, and doesnāt directly address Tractability. To be clear, thatās fine! Not every post needs to address everything; some of the linked posts address those somewhat; other resources out there do too.
But I do think that the question of āwhat can be done with 100s of extra $bnā is also a question of T and N, and I think part (majority?) of what Ransohoff is saying is that weāre woefully unprepared ~1 level down from ācause areaā at the infrastructure /ā intervention /ā ecosystem /ā etc. level (where T and N mostly cash out, IMO).
If people have or can point to write-ups about how many and what size of shovel-ready projects we have for the various animal problems listed: definitely post and signal boost those!!
Maybe a crux here might be āwhat sort of net effect one expects from more or less just spending any amount of $ to hire anyone you can to try to find those projectsā. Not saying thatās the authorās take per se; but I am somewhat skeptical of things shaped like āwe need[...] a lot more people working on [X]ā if what they mean is āwe need to get warm bodies on this at all costsā. People can have net negative impact! There are opportunity costs to going all-in like that!
Overall I hope a large chunk of this wave of philanthropy goes to animal welfare, but also that it can be spent well and deployed quickly :)
E.g. moās megaprojects link in another comment!