As a concrete example of this “same project ideas over and over with little awareness of what has been proposed or attempted in the past” thing, https://lets-fund.org is a fairly recent push in the “fund fledgling EA projects” area which seems to have a decent amount of momentum behind it relative to the typical volunteer-lead EA project. What are the important differences between Let’s Fund and what Jan is working on? I’m not sure. But Let’s Fund hasn’t hit the $75k target for their first project, even though it’s been ~5 months since their launch.
The EA Hotel is another recent push in the “fund fledgling EA projects” area which is struggling to fundraise. Again, loads of momentum relative to the typical grassroots EA project—they’ve bought a property and it’s full of EAs. What are the relative advantages & disadvantages of the EA Hotel, Let’s Fund, and Jan’s thing? How about compared with EA Funds? Again, I’m not sure. But I do wonder if we’d be better off with “more wood behind fewer arrows”, so to speak.
As a concrete example of this “same project ideas over and over with little awareness of what has been proposed or attempted in the past” thing, https://lets-fund.org is a fairly recent push in the “fund fledgling EA projects” area which seems to have a decent amount of momentum behind it relative to the typical volunteer-lead EA project. What are the important differences between Let’s Fund and what Jan is working on? I’m not sure. But Let’s Fund hasn’t hit the $75k target for their first project, even though it’s been ~5 months since their launch.
The EA Hotel is another recent push in the “fund fledgling EA projects” area which is struggling to fundraise. Again, loads of momentum relative to the typical grassroots EA project—they’ve bought a property and it’s full of EAs. What are the relative advantages & disadvantages of the EA Hotel, Let’s Fund, and Jan’s thing? How about compared with EA Funds? Again, I’m not sure. But I do wonder if we’d be better off with “more wood behind fewer arrows”, so to speak.