As one who donates 50%, it doesnāt seem like it should be that uncommon. One way I think about it is earning like upper-middle-class, living like middle-class, and donating like upper-class. Tens of percent of people work for tens of percent less money in sectors like nonprofits and governments. And Iāve heard of quite a few non-EAs who have taken jobs for half the money. And yet most people think about donating that large of a percent very differently than taking a job that pays less. Iām still not sure whyāother than that it is uncommon or āweird.ā
Could you share where you donate?
Iāve always found it fascinating when people like you (leading aādare I sayāsuccessful effective nonprofit) donate.
If you donāt donate to ALLFED, why is that? (Are you hedging, are you actually not convinced itās the best giving opportunity out there...)
If you donate to ALLFED, whatās the case for not just taking a lower salary? (Or is that what you do?)
(leading aādare I sayāsuccessful effective nonprofit)
Sureāgo ahead and dare. :)
My day job is associate professor of mechanical engineering at University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and I volunteer for ALLFED. Nearly 100% of my donations are to ALLFED. I think that ALLFED is the most cost-effective way of improving the long run future at the margin (see here and here, though Iām not quite as bullish as the mean survey/āpoll results in those papers), but there are orders of magnitude of uncertainty, and I think more total money should be put into AGI safety.
As one who donates 50%, it doesnāt seem like it should be that uncommon. One way I think about it is earning like upper-middle-class, living like middle-class, and donating like upper-class. Tens of percent of people work for tens of percent less money in sectors like nonprofits and governments. And Iāve heard of quite a few non-EAs who have taken jobs for half the money. And yet most people think about donating that large of a percent very differently than taking a job that pays less. Iām still not sure whyāother than that it is uncommon or āweird.ā
Yeah, Giving isnāt demanding and the median annual UK salary is Ā£26,800
Could you share where you donate? Iāve always found it fascinating when people like you (leading aādare I sayāsuccessful effective nonprofit) donate.
If you donāt donate to ALLFED, why is that? (Are you hedging, are you actually not convinced itās the best giving opportunity out there...)
If you donate to ALLFED, whatās the case for not just taking a lower salary? (Or is that what you do?)
Sureāgo ahead and dare. :)
My day job is associate professor of mechanical engineering at University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and I volunteer for ALLFED. Nearly 100% of my donations are to ALLFED. I think that ALLFED is the most cost-effective way of improving the long run future at the margin (see here and here, though Iām not quite as bullish as the mean survey/āpoll results in those papers), but there are orders of magnitude of uncertainty, and I think more total money should be put into AGI safety.