Almost no organization in the world that gets stuff done on reasonable timelines operates this way. I think there’s a very high prior against this.
Democracy makes sense for things you are forced into, like the government you’re born under and forced to be ruled by. EA organizations are voluntary orgs that are already democratic in that funders can take their money and go elsewhere if they don’t like how they are run. This would add a level of complication to decision making that would basically guarantee that large EA orgs would fail to achieve their missions.
Large EA institutions should be run democratically.
Almost no organization in the world that gets stuff done on reasonable timelines operates this way. I think there’s a very high prior against this.
Democracy makes sense for things you are forced into, like the government you’re born under and forced to be ruled by. EA organizations are voluntary orgs that are already democratic in that funders can take their money and go elsewhere if they don’t like how they are run. This would add a level of complication to decision making that would basically guarantee that large EA orgs would fail to achieve their missions.
do the votes mean that it would be undemocratic to impose democratic rule?