I think Open Phil should clarify how they allocate resources between different cause areas. The high level approach is worldview diversification, but I would like to know more about the specifics. For example, is some sort of softmax approach being used? Why, or why not?
It also looks like Open Phil is directing too much resources towards GiveWell’s (GW’s) top charities, given the uncertainties about its near term effects on animals, and longterm effects (see here). Even if Open Phil has funded Rethink Priorities to do research on moral weights (see here), which is quite relevant to get a coherent picture about the near term effects of GW’s top charities, it seems this research should have been done earlier, and before significant funding being moved towards GW.
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I think Open Phil should clarify how they allocate resources between different cause areas. The high level approach is worldview diversification, but I would like to know more about the specifics. For example, is some sort of softmax approach being used? Why, or why not?
It also looks like Open Phil is directing too much resources towards GiveWell’s (GW’s) top charities, given the uncertainties about its near term effects on animals, and longterm effects (see here). Even if Open Phil has funded Rethink Priorities to do research on moral weights (see here), which is quite relevant to get a coherent picture about the near term effects of GW’s top charities, it seems this research should have been done earlier, and before significant funding being moved towards GW.