We should want funding to go into areas where there is more existing infrastructure / it’s easier to measure results / there are people who already care about the issue.
Then aligned people should focus on areas that don’t have those features.
It’s good to see this seems to be happening to some degree!
Though, to be clear, I think this is only a moderate reason (among many other factors) in favour of donating to global health vs. say biosecurity.
Overall, my guess is that if someone is interested in donating to biosecurity but worried about the smaller existing workforce, then it would be better to:
Fund movement building efforts to build the workforce
Invest the money and donate later when the workforce is bigger
Good point, I agree that’s a factor.
We should want funding to go into areas where there is more existing infrastructure / it’s easier to measure results / there are people who already care about the issue.
Then aligned people should focus on areas that don’t have those features.
It’s good to see this seems to be happening to some degree!
Though, to be clear, I think this is only a moderate reason (among many other factors) in favour of donating to global health vs. say biosecurity.
Overall, my guess is that if someone is interested in donating to biosecurity but worried about the smaller existing workforce, then it would be better to:
Fund movement building efforts to build the workforce
Invest the money and donate later when the workforce is bigger