I agree. A common trope in EA is that we don’t just give money to any charity because it “feels good”, we want it to be effective so we investigate and analyze deeply before giving. In same vain, if we want to prevent bad things from happening we need to implement well structured institutions and perform due diligence, even if it “feels less good” than trusting without verifying does.
I agree. A common trope in EA is that we don’t just give money to any charity because it “feels good”, we want it to be effective so we investigate and analyze deeply before giving. In same vain, if we want to prevent bad things from happening we need to implement well structured institutions and perform due diligence, even if it “feels less good” than trusting without verifying does.
Yes, we need to apply similarly rigorous analysis to our (major) sources of funding as we do to the destinations of that funding.