To me, it feels like I (and other grantmakers) have been saying this over and over again (on the Forum, on Facebook, in Dank EA Memes, etc.), and yet people keep believing it’s hard to fund weird things. I’m confused by this.
Also, “weird things that make sense” does kind of screen off a bunch of ideas which make sense to potential applicants, but not to fund managers.
Sure, but that argument applies to individual donors in the same way. (You might say that having more diverse decision-makers helps, but I’m pretty skeptical and think this will instead just lower the bar for funding.)
To me, it feels like I (and other grantmakers) have been saying this over and over again (on the Forum, on Facebook, in Dank EA Memes, etc.), and yet people keep believing it’s hard to fund weird things. I’m confused by this.
Sure, but that argument applies to individual donors in the same way. (You might say that having more diverse decision-makers helps, but I’m pretty skeptical and think this will instead just lower the bar for funding.)