So then my argument only applies to people who prefer to donate to meta-charities that have demonstrable evidence that they actually direct donations to effective object-level causes. This is what I do but I may have been overestimating how many people operate this way.
Sounds like you’re mainly interested in projects only one meta-level above. But as the number of projects with 2+ meta-levels increases, this may get harder.
So then my argument only applies to people who prefer to donate to meta-charities that have demonstrable evidence that they actually direct donations to effective object-level causes. This is what I do but I may have been overestimating how many people operate this way.
Sounds like you’re mainly interested in projects only one meta-level above. But as the number of projects with 2+ meta-levels increases, this may get harder.