To answer this, from my perspective, I’ll quote from my post a few months back:
First, I think that we should expect communities to be self-supporting, outside of donor dollars. Having work spaces and similar is great, but it’s not an impartially altruistic act to give yourself a community. It’s much too easy to view self-interested “community building” as actually altruistic work, and a firewall would be helpful.
Given that, I strongly think that most EAs would be better off giving their 10% to effective charities focused on the actual issues, and then paying dues or voluntarily contributing other, non-EA-designated funds for community building. That seems healthier for the community, and as a side-benefit, removes the current centralized “control” of EA communities, which are dependent on CEA or other groups.
Thanks, David. I think the best approach is probably more complicated than my 10,000 foot comment—“work spaces and similar” are in a different category to me than EAGs, which are in turn in a different category than funding early EA community-building work in middle-income countries. The appropriate “coinsurance” will vary depending on the specific project, but I think you’re right that it may be 100 percent for some of them.
Strongly agree—and if Dustin Moskowitz or Jann Tallinn wants to fund early groups in universities or in developing countries, that seems like a great place to give part of the far-more-than-10%. (But I’d still like it more if that giving wasn’t called or considered EA donations.)
To answer this, from my perspective, I’ll quote from my post a few months back:
Thanks, David. I think the best approach is probably more complicated than my 10,000 foot comment—“work spaces and similar” are in a different category to me than EAGs, which are in turn in a different category than funding early EA community-building work in middle-income countries. The appropriate “coinsurance” will vary depending on the specific project, but I think you’re right that it may be 100 percent for some of them.
Strongly agree—and if Dustin Moskowitz or Jann Tallinn wants to fund early groups in universities or in developing countries, that seems like a great place to give part of the far-more-than-10%. (But I’d still like it more if that giving wasn’t called or considered EA donations.)