Hmm, why do you think this? I don’t remember having said that.
Actually I now think I was just wrong about that, sorry. I had been going off of vague memories, but when I checked your post history now to try to work out what I was remembering, I realised it may have been my memory playing weird tricks based on your donor lottery post, which actually made almost the opposite claim. Specifically, you say “For this reason, we believe that a donor lottery is the most effective way for most smaller donors to give the majority of their donations, for those who feel comfortable with it.”
(Which implies you think that that’s a more effective way for most smaller donors to give than giving to the EA Funds right away—rather than after winning a lottery and maybe ultimately deciding to give to the EA Funds.)
I think I may have been kind-of remembering what David Moss said as if it was your view, which is weird, since David was pushing against what you said.
I don’t think anyone has made any mistakes so far, but they would (in my view) be making a mistake if they didn’t allocate more funding this year.
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Hmm, why do you think this? I don’t remember having said that.
Actually I now think I was just wrong about that, sorry. I had been going off of vague memories, but when I checked your post history now to try to work out what I was remembering, I realised it may have been my memory playing weird tricks based on your donor lottery post, which actually made almost the opposite claim. Specifically, you say “For this reason, we believe that a donor lottery is the most effective way for most smaller donors to give the majority of their donations, for those who feel comfortable with it.”
(Which implies you think that that’s a more effective way for most smaller donors to give than giving to the EA Funds right away—rather than after winning a lottery and maybe ultimately deciding to give to the EA Funds.)
I think I may have been kind-of remembering what David Moss said as if it was your view, which is weird, since David was pushing against what you said.
I’ve now struck out that part of my comment.