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While the effective altruism movement has changed a lot over time, one
of the parts that makes me most disappointed is the
steady
creep of donation matching. It's not that donation matching is
objectively very important, but the early EA movement's
principled
rejection of a very effective fundraising strategy made it clear
that we were committed to helping people understand the real impact of
their donations. Over time, as people have specialized into different
areas of EA, with community-building and epistemics being different
people from fundraising, we've become less robust against the
real-world incentives of "donation matching works".
Personally, I would love to see a community-wide norm against EA
organizations setting up donation matches. Yes, they bring in money,
but at the cost of misleading donors about their impact and unwinding
a lot of what we, as a community, are trying to build. [1] To the [...]
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By LessWrongWhile the effective altruism movement has changed a lot over time, one
of the parts that makes me most disappointed is the
steady
creep of donation matching. It's not that donation matching is
objectively very important, but the early EA movement's
principled
rejection of a very effective fundraising strategy made it clear
that we were committed to helping people understand the real impact of
their donations. Over time, as people have specialized into different
areas of EA, with community-building and epistemics being different
people from fundraising, we've become less robust against the
real-world incentives of "donation matching works".
Personally, I would love to see a community-wide norm against EA
organizations setting up donation matches. Yes, they bring in money,
but at the cost of misleading donors about their impact and unwinding
a lot of what we, as a community, are trying to build. [1] To the [...]
The original text contained 2 images which were described by AI.
---
First published:
August 9th, 2024
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/4bCoQmYgrwL34LqJe/farmkind-s-illusory-offer
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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