Thanks, looks like that’s actually caused by a bug in EA Forum. I’ll do a workaround and notify the admins. And thanks for the Holden quote, which I’ll reply to below:
but the dollars spent by others would’ve done less good (and we think we have a good sense of the counterfactual for most of those dollars).
A possible solution here is to let people donate to a fund controlled by OpenPhil or GiveWell, and then they can coordinate amongst themselves to maximize good done per dollar.
We guessed that the latter outweighed the former.
Given the huge amounts of money/value involved here, I think detailed analysis, empirical investigations, and creative solutions are called for, not just a guess.
Thanks, looks like that’s actually caused by a bug in EA Forum. I’ll do a workaround and notify the admins. And thanks for the Holden quote, which I’ll reply to below:
A possible solution here is to let people donate to a fund controlled by OpenPhil or GiveWell, and then they can coordinate amongst themselves to maximize good done per dollar.
Given the huge amounts of money/value involved here, I think detailed analysis, empirical investigations, and creative solutions are called for, not just a guess.
(test link for the admins, please ignore)