I agree with your sentiment here, but it might be skipping a few steps ahead in questioning the grant’s development. This is why (while many parts can be considered subjective critique) I have tried to avoid being prescriptive about what might have happened ‘behind the scenes’. Open Phil’s new bar does make this a more present/pressing issue.
That’s fair. I felt that the conversation was starting to veer toward evaluating the justification for the grant solely on a comparison of the marginal benefit of what Helena was going to accomplish with that $500K to Open Phil’s then-current bar. Thus, I felt it was worthwhile to point out that there could be rational (albeit at least somewhat uncomfortable) reasons for awarding a grant even if the proposal were on the weak side.
That probably came across as more aggressive than I meant to be. More to say that I agree with your sentiment but wanted to leave space in my post for me to be wrong and for Open Phil to provide a response
I agree with your sentiment here, but it might be skipping a few steps ahead in questioning the grant’s development. This is why (while many parts can be considered subjective critique) I have tried to avoid being prescriptive about what might have happened ‘behind the scenes’. Open Phil’s new bar does make this a more present/pressing issue.
That’s fair. I felt that the conversation was starting to veer toward evaluating the justification for the grant solely on a comparison of the marginal benefit of what Helena was going to accomplish with that $500K to Open Phil’s then-current bar. Thus, I felt it was worthwhile to point out that there could be rational (albeit at least somewhat uncomfortable) reasons for awarding a grant even if the proposal were on the weak side.
That probably came across as more aggressive than I meant to be. More to say that I agree with your sentiment but wanted to leave space in my post for me to be wrong and for Open Phil to provide a response