There seems to be a few directions that this kind of discussion could to go:
What does “ideal funding” look like for the EA ecosystem? What’s our model for getting there? I’ve heard the assumption “we need more billionaires” and I can agree that that’s true but I’d love to see a fleshed out model for what that target state looks like. Can we ever have too much money? How would we know?
What are the issues in the current funding landscape and how can they be characterised? I.e. if we think there’s too much centralisation, why is that & what are we trading of against?
If you’re starting a new organisation, are there any key considerations for how to get funding given what we know about the funding landscape?
So glad this exist, incredible work. EA can aspire to a norm of transparency that is far beyond the standard set by every other movement/industry.
This has been on my mind a lot lately: https://twitter.com/bridget_e_l/status/1659934882301374464?t=C5FCdBv85ujvfJgG7cV1bw&s=19 https://twitter.com/bridget_e_l/status/1665171766434578435?t=jWERYLo7H5dSUiG-L7jWvg&s=19
There seems to be a few directions that this kind of discussion could to go:
What does “ideal funding” look like for the EA ecosystem? What’s our model for getting there? I’ve heard the assumption “we need more billionaires” and I can agree that that’s true but I’d love to see a fleshed out model for what that target state looks like. Can we ever have too much money? How would we know?
What are the issues in the current funding landscape and how can they be characterised? I.e. if we think there’s too much centralisation, why is that & what are we trading of against?
If you’re starting a new organisation, are there any key considerations for how to get funding given what we know about the funding landscape?
By the way, I think this is an unusually high-quality comment, especially considering that it’s your first :).