I feel some desire to flag: in the pre-FTX-collapse world, I’d have definitely wanted these prizes to be significantly larger, to more reflect the actual effort and value. My sense is that even pre-FTX, there was enough money around that that’d be reasonable.
But, it’s admittedly a bit tricky/confusing because many of the authors are already working fulltime at an org that makes space for them to write, so, well, this is more like a nice bonus on top of them already getting paid, and I’m not sure how rewarding the prizes actually are.
But there are at least some new top authors each year who aren’t already getting paid that way. Not sure how to balance tjhe various considerations.
I feel some desire to flag: in the pre-FTX-collapse world, I’d have definitely wanted these prizes to be significantly larger, to more reflect the actual effort and value. My sense is that even pre-FTX, there was enough money around that that’d be reasonable.
But, it’s admittedly a bit tricky/confusing because many of the authors are already working fulltime at an org that makes space for them to write, so, well, this is more like a nice bonus on top of them already getting paid, and I’m not sure how rewarding the prizes actually are.
But there are at least some new top authors each year who aren’t already getting paid that way. Not sure how to balance tjhe various considerations.