There’s also an implicit criticism of the idea that merely funding something makes you as responsible for outcomes and altruistic as the people using your money to deliver outcomes [even if it’s a small fraction of your enormous disposable income], and the related (but considerably less fashionable in EA than it used to be) idea that ETG delivers more value than direct work
related (but considerably less fashionable in EA than it used to be) idea that ETG delivers more value than direct work
One related question might be what he would recommend to [1] individuals whose talents, interests, opportunities, resources, and so forth don’t line up well with direct work, and [2] those who try to break into direct work, but are unable to do so due to resource constraints.
There’s also an implicit criticism of the idea that merely funding something makes you as responsible for outcomes and altruistic as the people using your money to deliver outcomes [even if it’s a small fraction of your enormous disposable income], and the related (but considerably less fashionable in EA than it used to be) idea that ETG delivers more value than direct work
One related question might be what he would recommend to [1] individuals whose talents, interests, opportunities, resources, and so forth don’t line up well with direct work, and [2] those who try to break into direct work, but are unable to do so due to resource constraints.