Ah OK, I agree it’s not that consistent with GiveWell’s traditional approach.
I think of high-confidence GiveWell-style giving as just one possible approach one might take in the pursuit of ‘effective altruism’, and it’s one that I personally think is misguided for the sorts of reasons Shruti is pointing to.
High-confidence (e.g. GiveWell) and hits-based giving (e.g. Open Phil, all longtermism) are both large fractions of the EA-inspired portfolio of giving and careers.
So really I should just say that there’s nothing like a consensus around whether EA implies going for high-confidence or low-confidence strategies (or something in the middle I guess).
(Incidentally from my interview with Elie I’d say GiveWell is actually now doing some hits-based giving of its own.)
Thanks for this Robert, gives me more context on some of the EA flavours. I have a sense that even OP hits-based giving isn’t fully aligned with the point Shruti is making (after all EA is not EV—Emergent Ventures) but I wouldn’t be sure how to articulate the difference. Think it could be a great conversation for your podcast to host :))
Ah OK, I agree it’s not that consistent with GiveWell’s traditional approach.
I think of high-confidence GiveWell-style giving as just one possible approach one might take in the pursuit of ‘effective altruism’, and it’s one that I personally think is misguided for the sorts of reasons Shruti is pointing to.
High-confidence (e.g. GiveWell) and hits-based giving (e.g. Open Phil, all longtermism) are both large fractions of the EA-inspired portfolio of giving and careers.
So really I should just say that there’s nothing like a consensus around whether EA implies going for high-confidence or low-confidence strategies (or something in the middle I guess).
(Incidentally from my interview with Elie I’d say GiveWell is actually now doing some hits-based giving of its own.)
Thanks for this Robert, gives me more context on some of the EA flavours. I have a sense that even OP hits-based giving isn’t fully aligned with the point Shruti is making (after all EA is not EV—Emergent Ventures) but I wouldn’t be sure how to articulate the difference. Think it could be a great conversation for your podcast to host :))