And why do you think there there not 1000+ EAs giving this kind of money? Even just a thousand people giving 100k a year is 100 million. Not too far from matching Dustin. Is it because there aren’t enough high earners, or is it still a rare decision to give these amounts even though it is a high profile coreish EA thing?
I think there are thousands of times more people who could be giving $100k/y on incomes of $300k+/y than actually are. It’s a very rare thing.
Some of this is that in the normal world people who feel that seriously about doing good go and work valuable jobs that don’t maximize income instead of using donations as an intermediate step. Teachers, public defenders, academics, civil service. And within EA we’ve also been encouraging people to strongly consider leaving their well-paying jobs to do directly useful things (hi!). But I think most of it is that money is tempting, there are always things to spend it on, and we’re embedded in a culture where it’s normal to keep your earnings for yourself.
I think there are thousands of times more people who could be giving $100k/y on incomes of $300k+/y than actually are. It’s a very rare thing.
Some of this is that in the normal world people who feel that seriously about doing good go and work valuable jobs that don’t maximize income instead of using donations as an intermediate step. Teachers, public defenders, academics, civil service. And within EA we’ve also been encouraging people to strongly consider leaving their well-paying jobs to do directly useful things (hi!). But I think most of it is that money is tempting, there are always things to spend it on, and we’re embedded in a culture where it’s normal to keep your earnings for yourself.