My premise may well be wrong, but all I have heard to date is that the conflicts of interests aren’t that big a problem, not a clear argument that more diffuseness could make COI worse.
if we take an imaginary world where there is only one donor org and many donee organisations, within a small community like EA it seems almost impossible to avoid conflicts of interest in a high proportion of grants.
But I have low confidence in this, and would appreciate someone explaining arguments in favor of centralisation reducing potential for COI
My premise may well be wrong, but all I have heard to date is that the conflicts of interests aren’t that big a problem, not a clear argument that more diffuseness could make COI worse.
if we take an imaginary world where there is only one donor org and many donee organisations, within a small community like EA it seems almost impossible to avoid conflicts of interest in a high proportion of grants.
But I have low confidence in this, and would appreciate someone explaining arguments in favor of centralisation reducing potential for COI