Your second statement is basically right, though my personal view is they impose costs on the movement/āEA brand and not just us personally.ā¦ I hope to see everything funded by a more diverse group of actors, so that their dollar and non-dollar costs are more distributed.
Do you think that these āPRā costs would be mitigated if there were more large (perhaps more obscure) donors? Also, do you think that āweirdā stuff like artificial sentience should be funded at all or just not by Good Ventures?
Yes, Iām explicitly pro-funding by others. Framing the costs as āPRā limits the way people think about mitigating costs. Itās not just ālower riskā but more shared responsibility and energy to engage with decision making, persuading, defending, etc.
Do you think that these āPRā costs would be mitigated if there were more large (perhaps more obscure) donors? Also, do you think that āweirdā stuff like artificial sentience should be funded at all or just not by Good Ventures?
[edit: see this other comment by Dustin]
Yes, Iām explicitly pro-funding by others. Framing the costs as āPRā limits the way people think about mitigating costs. Itās not just ālower riskā but more shared responsibility and energy to engage with decision making, persuading, defending, etc.