I lurked around the EA space for a couple of years, giving a little to AMF, then GiveDirectly, and recently found climate change as the area that resonated with me the most—causing me to plan to give more than I have in the past. Then I thought, do I regret helping those people, if I believe climate change is the most pressing issue? Thankfully, one of the replies to my question quashed my concern, as a few hundred dollars offsets my previous donations.
I definitely agree with your point that the 10% norm is more important. Though I’ll admit I was a little curious for the group of people who
already earn to give
have a different cause area
are concerned enough about climate change to offset their flights
how far one could argue carbon impact of decisions to convince them to change their—not sure if there is an altruism term homologous to ‘asset allocation’—giving ratio more towards climate change.
Thanks for expanding on this! :)
I lurked around the EA space for a couple of years, giving a little to AMF, then GiveDirectly, and recently found climate change as the area that resonated with me the most—causing me to plan to give more than I have in the past. Then I thought, do I regret helping those people, if I believe climate change is the most pressing issue? Thankfully, one of the replies to my question quashed my concern, as a few hundred dollars offsets my previous donations.
I definitely agree with your point that the 10% norm is more important. Though I’ll admit I was a little curious for the group of people who
already earn to give
have a different cause area
are concerned enough about climate change to offset their flights
how far one could argue carbon impact of decisions to convince them to change their—not sure if there is an altruism term homologous to ‘asset allocation’—giving ratio more towards climate change.