I would expect that one of the key reasons why many people would not do this, is because it’s socially weird and they are uncertain about how to handle how that changes their social relationship to the people around them.
Especially, given that many programmers are more on the shy side, writing a check to a GiveWell-recommended charity is easier. I think it would be valuable if someone who acts like that would write more about their experience doing it, so that people have an easier model to copy.
I would expect that one of the key reasons why many people would not do this, is because it’s socially weird and they are uncertain about how to handle how that changes their social relationship to the people around them.
Especially, given that many programmers are more on the shy side, writing a check to a GiveWell-recommended charity is easier. I think it would be valuable if someone who acts like that would write more about their experience doing it, so that people have an easier model to copy.