I think this idea is worth an orders-of-magnitude deeper investigation than what you’ve described. Such investigations seem worth funding.
It’s also worth noting that OP’s quotation is somewhat selective, here I include the sub-bullets:
Within 5 years: EA funding decisions are made collectively
First set up experiments for a safe cause area with small funding pots that are distributed according to different collective decision-making mechanisms
Subject matter experts are always used and weighed appropriately in this decision mechanism
Experiment in parallel with: randomly selected samples of EAs are to evaluate the decisions of one existing funding committee—existing decision-mechanisms are thus ‘passed through’ an accountability layer
All decision mechanisms have a deliberation phase (arguments are collected and weighed publicly) and a voting phase (majority voting, quadratic voting..)
Depending on the cause area and the type of choice, either fewer (experts + randomised sample of EAs) or more people (any EA or beyond) will take part in the funding decision. “”″
Absolutely, I did not mean my comment to be the final word, and in fact was hoping for interesting suggestions to arise.
Good point on the more detailed plan, though I think this starts to look a lot more like what we do today if you squint the right way. e.g. OP program officers are subject matter experts (who also consult with external subject matter experts), and the forum regularly tears apart their decisions via posts and discussion, which then gets fed back into the process.
I think this idea is worth an orders-of-magnitude deeper investigation than what you’ve described. Such investigations seem worth funding.
It’s also worth noting that OP’s quotation is somewhat selective, here I include the sub-bullets:
Absolutely, I did not mean my comment to be the final word, and in fact was hoping for interesting suggestions to arise.
Good point on the more detailed plan, though I think this starts to look a lot more like what we do today if you squint the right way. e.g. OP program officers are subject matter experts (who also consult with external subject matter experts), and the forum regularly tears apart their decisions via posts and discussion, which then gets fed back into the process.