I really agree with the first point, and the really high bar is the main reason all of these projects have room for more funding.
I somewhat disagree with the second point: my impression is that many donors are interested in mitigating non-existential global catastrophic risks (e.g. natural pandemics, climate change), but I don’t have much data to support this.
I don’t think many donors are interested in mitigating non-existential global catastrophic risks is necessarily inconsistent with the potential explanation for why organizations like ALLFED may get substantially more public praise than funding. It’s plausible to me that an org in that position might be unusually good at rating highly on many donors’ charts, without being unusually good at rating at the very top of the donors’ lists:
There’s no real limit on how many orgs one can praise, and preventing non-existential GCRs may win enough points on donors’ scoresheets to receive praise from the two groups I described above (focused neartermists and focused longtermists) in addition to its actual donors.
However, many small/​mid-size donors may fund only their very top donation opportunities (e.g., top two, top five, etc.)
I really agree with the first point, and the really high bar is the main reason all of these projects have room for more funding.
I somewhat disagree with the second point: my impression is that many donors are interested in mitigating non-existential global catastrophic risks (e.g. natural pandemics, climate change), but I don’t have much data to support this.
I don’t think many donors are interested in mitigating non-existential global catastrophic risks is necessarily inconsistent with the potential explanation for why organizations like ALLFED may get substantially more public praise than funding. It’s plausible to me that an org in that position might be unusually good at rating highly on many donors’ charts, without being unusually good at rating at the very top of the donors’ lists:
There’s no real limit on how many orgs one can praise, and preventing non-existential GCRs may win enough points on donors’ scoresheets to receive praise from the two groups I described above (focused neartermists and focused longtermists) in addition to its actual donors.
However, many small/​mid-size donors may fund only their very top donation opportunities (e.g., top two, top five, etc.)