Thanks. Your post strengthened my conviction that EAs should think about the subject—of course, the optimal strategy may vary a lot according to one’s age, wealth, country, personal plans, etc.
But I still wonder: a) would similar arguments convince non-EA people? b) why don’t EA (even pledgers) do something like that (i.e., take their deaths into account)? Or If they do it “discretely”, why don’t they talk about it? (I know most people don’t think too much about what is gonna happen if they die, but EAs are kinda different)
I’m aware of many people in EA who have done some amount of legacy planning. Ideally, the number would be “100%”, but this sort of thing does take time which might not be worthwhile for many people in the community given their levels of health and wealth.
I used this Charity Science page to put together a will, which I’ve left in the care of my spouse (though my parents are also signatories).
I agree with you that this is an important area. I wrote a whole essay on the technical aspects of planned giving. https://medium.com/@aaronhamlin/planned-giving-for-everyone-15b9baf88632
I have some more related essays here: https://www.aaronhamlin.com/articles/#philanthropy
Thanks. Your post strengthened my conviction that EAs should think about the subject—of course, the optimal strategy may vary a lot according to one’s age, wealth, country, personal plans, etc.
But I still wonder: a) would similar arguments convince non-EA people? b) why don’t EA (even pledgers) do something like that (i.e., take their deaths into account)? Or If they do it “discretely”, why don’t they talk about it? (I know most people don’t think too much about what is gonna happen if they die, but EAs are kinda different)
(I greatly admire your work, btw)
I’m aware of many people in EA who have done some amount of legacy planning. Ideally, the number would be “100%”, but this sort of thing does take time which might not be worthwhile for many people in the community given their levels of health and wealth.
I used this Charity Science page to put together a will, which I’ve left in the care of my spouse (though my parents are also signatories).