Thanks for writing this post and for the great graphs!
One relevant thought regarding OpenPhil, my understanding is that they could have expanded their work within each cause area but they are not giving more because they don’t have opportunities that seem better than saving the money for next years (even though they want to give away the money early), or because they have self-enforced upper bounds to give opportunities to other philanthropists (so they don’t donate to GiveWell more than half of what they get by donations).
[I’m sure that the previous paragraph is wrong in some details, but overall I think it paints the right picture. I’d love to be corrected, and sorry for not taking the time to verify and find supporting links]
Thanks for writing this post and for the great graphs!
One relevant thought regarding OpenPhil, my understanding is that they could have expanded their work within each cause area but they are not giving more because they don’t have opportunities that seem better than saving the money for next years (even though they want to give away the money early), or because they have self-enforced upper bounds to give opportunities to other philanthropists (so they don’t donate to GiveWell more than half of what they get by donations).
[I’m sure that the previous paragraph is wrong in some details, but overall I think it paints the right picture. I’d love to be corrected, and sorry for not taking the time to verify and find supporting links]