Wow! This is a model for how to write a “new org” post. I look forward to sending it to many other founders in the future.
I especially liked this:
We give ourselves 24 months to scale up operations and generate first signs of impact (until mid-March 2023). Our governing board will decide whether we succeeded or failed to do so. After at most 1.5 years of work, via surveys and case studies, we expect to see:
Policymakers use insights and tools from our trainings in their work;
Policymakers better understand global catastrophic risks and longtermism;
Longtermists better understand international policymaking;
Individuals improve their career plans;
Our research can pass academic peer-review.
While the metrics seem a bit fuzzy in some cases, I’m impressed by the short timeline and the basic commitment to “review whether this should exist”.
(Though I might be misunderstanding the consequence of the governing board review; if they determine that you haven’t achieved your goals, what happens next?)
Thanks a lot for the compliments! Really nice to read.
The metrics are fuzzy as we have yet to establish the baselines. We will do that until the end of September 2021 via our first pilots to then have one year of data to collect for impact analysis.
The board has full power over the decision of whether to continue SI’s existence. In Ralph Hertwig’s words, their role is to figure out whether we “are visionary, entirely naïve, or full of cognitive biases”. For now, we are unsure ourselves. What exactly happens next will depend on the details of the conclusion of the board.
Wow! This is a model for how to write a “new org” post. I look forward to sending it to many other founders in the future.
I especially liked this:
While the metrics seem a bit fuzzy in some cases, I’m impressed by the short timeline and the basic commitment to “review whether this should exist”.
(Though I might be misunderstanding the consequence of the governing board review; if they determine that you haven’t achieved your goals, what happens next?)
Thanks a lot for the compliments! Really nice to read.
The metrics are fuzzy as we have yet to establish the baselines. We will do that until the end of September 2021 via our first pilots to then have one year of data to collect for impact analysis.
The board has full power over the decision of whether to continue SI’s existence. In Ralph Hertwig’s words, their role is to figure out whether we “are visionary, entirely naïve, or full of cognitive biases”. For now, we are unsure ourselves. What exactly happens next will depend on the details of the conclusion of the board.