Sure, I agree that unvetted UBI for all EAs probably would not be a good use of resources. But I also think there are cases where an UBI-like scheme that funded people to do self directed work on high-risk projects could be a good alternative to providing grants to fund projects, particularly at the early-stage.
Yep, I’d be on board with providing specific people with funding to work on whatever projects they find most valuable. But I’d only be likely to provide that to ~10 people and see what happens, as opposed to what I felt this article was suggesting.
Agree. The interesting question for me is where we expect the cutoff to be—what (personal, not project dependent) conditions make it highly effective to give income to an individual.
This framing makes me notice that it would probably be far from realistic right now, as small initiatives in EA are funding constrained. But this still might be misleading.
Yes, to be clear, I’m arguing that we should have a robust funding ecosystem. I am opposed to “UBI for EAs”
Sure, I agree that unvetted UBI for all EAs probably would not be a good use of resources. But I also think there are cases where an UBI-like scheme that funded people to do self directed work on high-risk projects could be a good alternative to providing grants to fund projects, particularly at the early-stage.
Yep, I’d be on board with providing specific people with funding to work on whatever projects they find most valuable. But I’d only be likely to provide that to ~10 people and see what happens, as opposed to what I felt this article was suggesting.
Agree. The interesting question for me is where we expect the cutoff to be—what (personal, not project dependent) conditions make it highly effective to give income to an individual.
This framing makes me notice that it would probably be far from realistic right now, as small initiatives in EA are funding constrained. But this still might be misleading.