This sounds right to me (although maybe easier to game if someone isn’t earnest) and EA really needs to get better at social incentive alignment like this
It’s kinda funny (and I think sub-optimal) that a group of mostly-libs landed on a flat tax tithing system (ie the GWWC pledge)
but this isn’t totally a joke—I thik there really are big gains (mostly for the rest of the world but also partially for EAs themselves) to be had from changing social norms and incentives around this stuff
In your case, the answer might be to have a new, different symbol/indicator tbc for this type of sacrifice—I’m not sure what the best system is but it’s probably not the status quo
Hey, I like your progressive pledge tool. How hard would it be to include places outside the US? And more currencies?
I sometimes check this place out for cost of living comparisons around the world, it’s not perfect but it gives you some idea for at least big cities: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/
At the same time, the good thing of 10% is that it is a way stronger Schelling point than a progressive tax, so I suppose it’s better for signaling.
This sounds right to me (although maybe easier to game if someone isn’t earnest) and EA really needs to get better at social incentive alignment like this
A while back I tweeted[1]
but this isn’t totally a joke—I thik there really are big gains (mostly for the rest of the world but also partially for EAs themselves) to be had from changing social norms and incentives around this stuff
In your case, the answer might be to have a new, different symbol/indicator tbc for this type of sacrifice—I’m not sure what the best system is but it’s probably not the status quo
(and vibecoded a tool for exploring how this might be different)
Hey, I like your progressive pledge tool. How hard would it be to include places outside the US? And more currencies?
I sometimes check this place out for cost of living comparisons around the world, it’s not perfect but it gives you some idea for at least big cities:
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/
At the same time, the good thing of 10% is that it is a way stronger Schelling point than a progressive tax, so I suppose it’s better for signaling.
Thank you! I can’t verify this is perfect but added all the numbeo.com cities: https://pledge.up.railway.app/
Nice. I don’t think it’s perfect but it’s mostly in the right ballpark.