I agree that 80k’s research product is not meta the way I’ve defined it. However, 80k does a lot of publicity and outreach that GiveWell for the most part does not do. For example: the career workshops, the 80K newsletter, the recent 80K book, the TedX talks, the online ads, the flashy website that has popups for the mailing list. To my knowledge, of that list GiveWell only has online ads.
Maybe instead of talking about “meta traps” we should talk about “promotion traps” or something?
Maybe instead of talking about “meta traps” we should talk about “promotion traps” or something?
Yeah, that does seem to capture the idea better.