With high uncertainty, I weakly prefer Arthropoda over SWP on the margin. Time is running short to influence the trajectory of insect farming in its early stages. The quotes for Arthropoda’s project costs and overhead seem very reasonable. Also, while SWP’s operational costs are covered through 2026, Arthropoda’s projects may not happen at all without marginal funding, so donations to Arthropoda feel more urgent to me since they’re more existential. But all of this is held loosely and I’m very open to counterarguments.
I also ranked Arthropoda first! I’m quite bullish on the value of information in the animal welfare space, and think that on the current margin they would do extremely valuable work.
I think animal welfare as a cause area is important and neglected within EA. Invertebrates have been especially neglected since Open Phil pulled out of the space, so my top choices are the Arthropoda Foundation and Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP).
With high uncertainty, I weakly prefer Arthropoda over SWP on the margin. Time is running short to influence the trajectory of insect farming in its early stages. The quotes for Arthropoda’s project costs and overhead seem very reasonable. Also, while SWP’s operational costs are covered through 2026, Arthropoda’s projects may not happen at all without marginal funding, so donations to Arthropoda feel more urgent to me since they’re more existential. But all of this is held loosely and I’m very open to counterarguments.
I also ranked Arthropoda first! I’m quite bullish on the value of information in the animal welfare space, and think that on the current margin they would do extremely valuable work.