My impression is that there’s a lot of funding available for stuff other than global health, but not a lot of great places to spend it at the moment. So finding a charity with a robust theory of change for improving the long-term future and donating there can be very valuable—and starting something like that would be even more valuable! - but I’m less sure about the value of taking money you would spend on bednets and donating the the Long-Term Future Fund (or at least I’d recommend reviewing their past grants first).
Disclaimer: I have a much higher bar for funding long-termist charities than many other EAs.
This is a good point! I actually redirected the funding more towards EA Infrastructure instead of the Long-term fund—partly since my giving acts as diversifying my investments (as I’m investing time in building a career oriented towards more longtermist goals), and partly because my existing donations are much smaller relative to what I’m investing to give later on (and hopefully we have more longtermist charities then).
I really appreciate you highlighting the different implications one could draw out from funding disparities.
My impression is that there’s a lot of funding available for stuff other than global health, but not a lot of great places to spend it at the moment. So finding a charity with a robust theory of change for improving the long-term future and donating there can be very valuable—and starting something like that would be even more valuable! - but I’m less sure about the value of taking money you would spend on bednets and donating the the Long-Term Future Fund (or at least I’d recommend reviewing their past grants first).
Disclaimer: I have a much higher bar for funding long-termist charities than many other EAs.
This is a good point! I actually redirected the funding more towards EA Infrastructure instead of the Long-term fund—partly since my giving acts as diversifying my investments (as I’m investing time in building a career oriented towards more longtermist goals), and partly because my existing donations are much smaller relative to what I’m investing to give later on (and hopefully we have more longtermist charities then).
I really appreciate you highlighting the different implications one could draw out from funding disparities.