So it benefits me and conflict of interest and all that, but I think this is a pretty great comment in terms of broadcasting how one might go about figuring out how much to donate. This is often a pretty messy process. There are some people out there who do more actual math here, but, I think for most people this sort of thing is more useful. (Integrating this-sort-of-thing into some back-of-envelope calculations would be cool too if someone good at that did it and could articulate what went on inside them)
To somewhat account for my conflict-of-interest, I’d add: “a thing potentially missing here is what other things might fill a similar role as Lightcone in your world?”. If you have ~$1000ish you can give without hardship, you might want to reflect more on the alternatives.
It gets sort of overwhelming to think about all the alternatives, so I think my recommendation to people is to come up with ~3 things they might consider giving money to, and then use a process like the one described here to figure out which one is best, or how to split money if you want to for whatever reason.
So it benefits me and conflict of interest and all that, but I think this is a pretty great comment in terms of broadcasting how one might go about figuring out how much to donate. This is often a pretty messy process. There are some people out there who do more actual math here, but, I think for most people this sort of thing is more useful. (Integrating this-sort-of-thing into some back-of-envelope calculations would be cool too if someone good at that did it and could articulate what went on inside them)
To somewhat account for my conflict-of-interest, I’d add: “a thing potentially missing here is what other things might fill a similar role as Lightcone in your world?”. If you have ~$1000ish you can give without hardship, you might want to reflect more on the alternatives.
It gets sort of overwhelming to think about all the alternatives, so I think my recommendation to people is to come up with ~3 things they might consider giving money to, and then use a process like the one described here to figure out which one is best, or how to split money if you want to for whatever reason.