The title of this post might give the impression that Rory Stewart was a founder of GiveDirectly. To clarify, GiveDirectly was founded by other people in 2008; Stewart became its president in 2022.
Excellent arguments for combatting global poverty by giving cash directly, expounded with passion by international development expert Rory Stewart, former minister and co-host of top UK podcast The Rest is Politics.
This post is co-authored with Ben Garfinkel. It is cross-posted from the CEA blog. A PDF version can be found here.
Summary: Some strategic decisions available to the effective altruism m...
TL;DR: I'm releasing a website that ranks philanthropists according to EA principles and research, and allows users to re-rank the list using their own assumptions. I'd like feedback and help making it better. I'd especially like ideas for how to make the results more trustworthy. Funding may be available.
Crossposted to LessWrong.
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Agency - the realisation that you really can just do things.
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Biosecurity needs people (of any background) who are agentic and have a high execution velocity and track record....
The title of this post might give the impression that Rory Stewart was a founder of GiveDirectly. To clarify, GiveDirectly was founded by other people in 2008; Stewart became its president in 2022.
Many thanks, have edited headline accordingly.