I think this distinction is well-worded, interesting, and broadly correct.
If you’re thinking of the first thing, offering high salaries to people “in the network” seems weird and counterproductive. After all, the truly committed people will just donate the excess, minus a bunch of transaction costs
I separately think there’s a bunch of timesaving activities that “people “in the network” can spend money on,” though of course it depends a bunch on details of whether you think the marginal EA direct work hour’s value is closer to $10, $100, or $1000.
Even at $1000/h, spending substantially above 100k/year still feels kinda surprising to me, but no longer crazy, and I can totally imagine people smart about ekeing out effectiveness managing to spend that much or more.
I think this distinction is well-worded, interesting, and broadly correct.
I separately think there’s a bunch of timesaving activities that “people “in the network” can spend money on,” though of course it depends a bunch on details of whether you think the marginal EA direct work hour’s value is closer to $10, $100, or $1000.
Even at $1000/h, spending substantially above 100k/year still feels kinda surprising to me, but no longer crazy, and I can totally imagine people smart about ekeing out effectiveness managing to spend that much or more.