(Disclaimer: I don’t know if my support or comment has value, no one likes me and I have poor hygiene.)
People I know interacted with this person in real life in a professional context. From these interactions, what the commentor is saying seems accurate.
In this particular instance, it seems like a valuable and talented leader could have been funded to do good, well aligned EA work that they were deeply passionate about.
Thanks for your kind words. Most people have been surprised which has been affirming (much needed because rejections are the opposite). I got some in-person feedback suggesting EAIF saw risks to doing Austin CB too soon or with the wrong person (ouch).
I’m sure lots of people submit actually-risky projects who simply can’t see them as risky (or themselves as risky agents), so take my confusion with a grain of salt. The fund managers are people I genuinely respect. I’m just concerned that it was beaurecrat’s curse which is also modus operandi for non-uni CB all around. EA has some bottlenecks that early or mid-career professionals are better suited to fill than students. So I don’t want non-uni groups to be unhelpfully neglected.
(Disclaimer: I don’t know if my support or comment has value, no one likes me and I have poor hygiene.)
People I know interacted with this person in real life in a professional context. From these interactions, what the commentor is saying seems accurate.
In this particular instance, it seems like a valuable and talented leader could have been funded to do good, well aligned EA work that they were deeply passionate about.
Thanks for your kind words. Most people have been surprised which has been affirming (much needed because rejections are the opposite). I got some in-person feedback suggesting EAIF saw risks to doing Austin CB too soon or with the wrong person (ouch).
I’m sure lots of people submit actually-risky projects who simply can’t see them as risky (or themselves as risky agents), so take my confusion with a grain of salt. The fund managers are people I genuinely respect. I’m just concerned that it was beaurecrat’s curse which is also modus operandi for non-uni CB all around. EA has some bottlenecks that early or mid-career professionals are better suited to fill than students. So I don’t want non-uni groups to be unhelpfully neglected.