Great point! That is definitely the case that there’s effects on all sides. The challenge of course is that the deeper you go into second and third order effects the more you sort of have a model of everything and then its really just what your prior worldview is.
Note that there emphatically is not, however, generally a direct relationship between your random software engineer donating on GiveWell and the ultimate recipient. That’s just the nature of the situation.
Also I would not say that this is 100% a given: “Yes, donating to a local cause fosters connections in the community and ultimately state capacity and so on. ” Local donations can also foster Tamney Hall style corruption which can be corrosive to a high capacity state apparatus.
That political machine did though probably create a lot of community and integrate a lot of immigrants into New York.
Great point! That is definitely the case that there’s effects on all sides. The challenge of course is that the deeper you go into second and third order effects the more you sort of have a model of everything and then its really just what your prior worldview is.
Note that there emphatically is not, however, generally a direct relationship between your random software engineer donating on GiveWell and the ultimate recipient. That’s just the nature of the situation.
Also I would not say that this is 100% a given: “Yes, donating to a local cause fosters connections in the community and ultimately state capacity and so on. ” Local donations can also foster Tamney Hall style corruption which can be corrosive to a high capacity state apparatus.
That political machine did though probably create a lot of community and integrate a lot of immigrants into New York.