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Megaprojects

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Within the effective altruism community, megaprojects are projects that could deploy $100 million or more in funding per year.

Further reading

Todd, Benjamin (2021) Effective altruism needs more “megaprojects”, Twitter, August 5.

Young, Nathan (2021) What EA projects could grow to become megaprojects, eventually spending $100m per year?, Effective Altruism Forum, August 6.

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