I would be keen to hear examples from you and Michael about what this looks like in practice! Can’t conceptualise the kinds of projects you mean so examples would be very useful.
Giving seed funding to researchers I find promising (x4).
Seed funding for prediction market plays or for incentivizing markets (too time consuming, not doing this as much).
Paying an engineer friend of mine to estimate the cost of various large infrastructure projects (upcoming, may not happen).
Now, in practice, I’ve been using other people’s money for this, e.g., from QURI, the now-defunct FTX Foundation and its regrantor programme, SlateStarCodex grants, etc. But I do see a clear line between the amount of resources I control and the amount of things that I am able to make happen, and getting a higher salary seems like a straightforward way to increase resources.
You can also see a list of projects that Vipul Naik has sponsored.
This is something I’ve also be thinking about. What are your thoughts on pushing for a higher salary (within a nonprofit, e.g. RP), for this purpose?
I would be keen to hear examples from you and Michael about what this looks like in practice! Can’t conceptualise the kinds of projects you mean so examples would be very useful.
The last few for me were:
Paying someone to update the Big List of Cause Candidates.
Paying someone to update Metaforecast.
Giving seed funding to researchers I find promising (x4).
Seed funding for prediction market plays or for incentivizing markets (too time consuming, not doing this as much).
Paying an engineer friend of mine to estimate the cost of various large infrastructure projects (upcoming, may not happen).
Now, in practice, I’ve been using other people’s money for this, e.g., from QURI, the now-defunct FTX Foundation and its regrantor programme, SlateStarCodex grants, etc. But I do see a clear line between the amount of resources I control and the amount of things that I am able to make happen, and getting a higher salary seems like a straightforward way to increase resources.
You can also see a list of projects that Vipul Naik has sponsored.