Why didn’t you mention GiveDirectly, an organization with nigh-boundless room for more funding? It just took $25MM from Good Ventures, has a history of extremely rapid growth, and its model should eventually allow it to take many billions of dollars per year.
I did mention GiveDirectly in the post, but I wrote the draft before the $25M announcement and underestimated the upside.
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contrast earning to give with other paths to influence large quantities of funds
Yep, that’s a good point. I think my arguments apply more toward the balance of doing money moving (e.g., earning to give, foundations, IARPA, etc.) versus direct work (e.g., working at CEA, doing research, etc.), though this is not a perfect dichotomy.
I did mention GiveDirectly in the post, but I wrote the draft before the $25M announcement and underestimated the upside.
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Yep, that’s a good point. I think my arguments apply more toward the balance of doing money moving (e.g., earning to give, foundations, IARPA, etc.) versus direct work (e.g., working at CEA, doing research, etc.), though this is not a perfect dichotomy.
A neglected but important related question is: ‘What proportion of people doing ‘money moving’ should earn to give?′