Yes, they should check that it makes financial sense. Though break-even shouldn’t be an anchor or decision point—what matters is whether the money from a sale could be better spent elsewhere, which doesn’t really have anything to do with money already spent.
Sorry, yes, by break-even I meant “a better use than the last dollar that Open Phil expects to spend”.
But that’s not a function of whether “a lot of the fixed costs (like transaction costs) have been paid”. That is very specifically referring to break-even relative to costs already expended, not to counterfactual spending. It’s okay if you’ve changed your mind, but I don’t think that what you said originally is consistent with this comment.
Sorry, yes, by break-even I meant “a better use than the last dollar that Open Phil expects to spend”.
But that’s not a function of whether “a lot of the fixed costs (like transaction costs) have been paid”. That is very specifically referring to break-even relative to costs already expended, not to counterfactual spending. It’s okay if you’ve changed your mind, but I don’t think that what you said originally is consistent with this comment.