That too. I find the widespread reluctance to point the finger at OpenPhil for perceived problems in EA completely bizarre. Whatever problem you think you’ve identified within or across orgs, I can almost guarantee OpenPhil can fix it because one way or another, they’re funding it. That they haven’t done so to date presumably indicates they don’t think it’s a problem or they simply don’t care.
Yeah a significant consideration for me in whether to be less professionally involved in EA is exhaustion from centralized funding and the weird power dynamics that ensue. I would rather build products that lots of people can use and lots of investors or donors would find attractive to give money to than be beHolden to a small coterie of grantmakers no matter how well-intentioned.
I don’t think that’s quite fair. There are good reasons for major funders to be hesitant to use the funding hammer to micromanage grantees. One could conclude in some cases that there is a problem but that trying to fix it with the funding hammer poses too many downsides.
It is indeed a blunt instrument and might not scale well. But this is probably evidence that there are too many EA orgs, which is once again, the fault of no one other than....OpenPhil.
That too. I find the widespread reluctance to point the finger at OpenPhil for perceived problems in EA completely bizarre. Whatever problem you think you’ve identified within or across orgs, I can almost guarantee OpenPhil can fix it because one way or another, they’re funding it. That they haven’t done so to date presumably indicates they don’t think it’s a problem or they simply don’t care.
Yeah a significant consideration for me in whether to be less professionally involved in EA is exhaustion from centralized funding and the weird power dynamics that ensue. I would rather build products that lots of people can use and lots of investors or donors would find attractive to give money to than be beHolden to a small coterie of grantmakers no matter how well-intentioned.
I don’t think that’s quite fair. There are good reasons for major funders to be hesitant to use the funding hammer to micromanage grantees. One could conclude in some cases that there is a problem but that trying to fix it with the funding hammer poses too many downsides.
It is indeed a blunt instrument and might not scale well. But this is probably evidence that there are too many EA orgs, which is once again, the fault of no one other than....OpenPhil.