More EA Near/Medium-Termist Money Should be Flowing to Climate Change Mitigation
My understanding of EA funding is that almost none goes to climate. I (loosely) tend think that it would be good that a bit more resources go to Giving Green and other environmental prioritization projects.
However, I also gather that such projects attract funding far more easily than most other EA-consensual-ish causes.
Agreed! One nuance though: I'm not familiar with the "time-to-results" that we can expect from such investments, but it seems plausible to me that it takes >1 year for them to deliver. So, results could potentially not show up before the 2028 report.
Current community builders should also think of their work more in terms of the superstructure, rather than just motivating and directing people towards impactful careers
I think most European, national EA groups try to balance the expectations of proofs of impact from funders (like "we contributed strongly to <X> people applying to MATS") with a mandate of norm setting, community health, information, etc.
Thanks for sharing! As a former product owner, I love to know a bit about what's happening behind the scenes 😇 I think the Forum is immensely important, and I'm surprised to learn that there's less than 1 FTE in software engineering maintaining it.
Thanks a lot for this article, it's very useful to improve my understanding of what's happening and what to make of it! This has been discussed a lot already, but the claims were usually made with somewhat motivated reasoning and cherry-picked and/or weak arguments.
Thanks for writing this! It's a useful framework to encode stuff we frequently have to think about.
I think it might be rational to over-invest initially when you're testing the program and aren't sure how to support participants.
10% Agree➔ 10% DisagreeMy understanding of EA funding is that almost none goes to climate. I (loosely) tend think that it would be good that a bit more resources go to Giving Green and other environmental prioritization projects.
However, I also gather that such projects attract funding far more easily than most other EA-consensual-ish causes.
Random point of data: I know it's less exotic but with this budget you could work quite decently from Paris's close suburbs, in France.
Same here. Ping @Rahman Shanq :)
Agreed! One nuance though: I'm not familiar with the "time-to-results" that we can expect from such investments, but it seems plausible to me that it takes >1 year for them to deliver. So, results could potentially not show up before the 2028 report.
I think the discussion about how we should think about working with governments is very important. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Nick!
Congratulations on creating this! It feels like quite a natural progression. Will you share the curriculum's details publicly when the paint is dry?
I think most European, national EA groups try to balance the expectations of proofs of impact from funders (like "we contributed strongly to <X> people applying to MATS") with a mandate of norm setting, community health, information, etc.
Thanks for sharing! As a former product owner, I love to know a bit about what's happening behind the scenes 😇 I think the Forum is immensely important, and I'm surprised to learn that there's less than 1 FTE in software engineering maintaining it.
Thanks a lot for this article, it's very useful to improve my understanding of what's happening and what to make of it! This has been discussed a lot already, but the claims were usually made with somewhat motivated reasoning and cherry-picked and/or weak arguments.