Strong upvoted. I think this is correct, important and well-argued, and I welcome the call to OP to clarify their views.
This post is directed at OP, but this conclusion should be noted by the EA community as a whole which still prioritises global poverty over all else.
The only caveat I would raise is that we need to retain some focus on global poverty in EA for various instrumental reasons: it can attract more people into the movement, allows us to show concrete wins etc.
I’m a bit confused by this. Presumably GiveWell doesn’t need that much money to function. Less Open Phil money probably won’t affect GiveWell, instead it will affect GiveWell’s recommended charities which will of course still receive money from other sources, in part due to GiveWell’s recommendation.
Ah right, I was conflating GiveWell’s operating costs (I assume not too high?) and their funding sent to other charities both as “GiveWell continuing to work on global poverty.” You’re right that they’ll still probably work on it and not collapse without OP, just they might send much less to other charities.
Strong upvoted. I think this is correct, important and well-argued, and I welcome the call to OP to clarify their views.
This post is directed at OP, but this conclusion should be noted by the EA community as a whole which still prioritises global poverty over all else.
The only caveat I would raise is that we need to retain some focus on global poverty in EA for various instrumental reasons: it can attract more people into the movement, allows us to show concrete wins etc.
Yeah, I think this caveat is important.
At the same time, GiveWell will continue to work on global poverty regardless of what OP does, right?
GiveWell seems pretty dependent on OP funding, s.t. it might have to change its work with significantly less OP money.
An update on GiveWell’s funding projections — EA Forum (effectivealtruism.org)
Open Philanthropy’s 2023-2025 funding of $300 million total for GiveWell’s recommendations — EA Forum (effectivealtruism.org)
I’m a bit confused by this. Presumably GiveWell doesn’t need that much money to function. Less Open Phil money probably won’t affect GiveWell, instead it will affect GiveWell’s recommended charities which will of course still receive money from other sources, in part due to GiveWell’s recommendation.
Ah right, I was conflating GiveWell’s operating costs (I assume not too high?) and their funding sent to other charities both as “GiveWell continuing to work on global poverty.” You’re right that they’ll still probably work on it and not collapse without OP, just they might send much less to other charities.