I'm sorry I didn't express myself clearly. By "select people carefully", I meant selecting for correct motivations, that you have tried to filter for using the subsistence salary. I would prefer using some other selection mechanism (like references), and then provide a solid paycheck (like MIRI does).
It's certainly noble to give away everything beyond 30k like Singer and MacAskill do, but I think it should be a choice rather than a requirement.
Well, such a low pay creates additional mental pressure to resist temptation to get 5-10x money in a normal job.
I’d rather select people carefully, but then provide them with at least a ~middle class wage
Did anyone consider ELOing the longtermist projects for “Retrospective grant evaluations”. Seems like it could be relatively fast by crowdsourcing comparisons, and orthogonal to other types of estimates
What if anyone could buy a certified speed camera that can be installed on a building a or a moving car?
Wouldn't it instantly solve all traffic violations and so massively reduce death toll, if the hardware is cheap enough, which is probably the case in 2023?
The main upside of a DAO is that the storage of funds and each grant distribution is protected by the algorithm that has been embedded in the smart contract, instead of being trusted to some entity (e.g. bank or crypto trading firm). The movement of funds is also maximally transparent for any person on the internet. I think it is a big benefit in some cases (although, not in every case)
To be clear, I'm don't support of the actual proposal that the author have laid out int his next post, but I support the idea of experimenting with DAOs for EA and certain it would happen at some point
My idea would be to implement mvp for Badge Collecting for EAs: e.g. badge on EA forum showing that you have been at EAG or EAGx. Or GWWC pledge giver etc. Kind of like https://poap.xyz/
At a first pass it can be made as a chrome extension that would display these badges to users who have opted in, and without any blockchain whatsoever ;)
I think it's just fun to show off your involvement with the community. More importantly it would be one more step towards developing online reputation system
In the future this system can be extended in more sophisticated ways. E.g. badges that can be displayed on demand, or only to a subset of users. Or badges that contain more data that just "been there". I don't feel comfortable sharing amount of personal donations with everyone, but maybe the frequency could be fine? Or maybe sharing the donation trends over time could be encouraging?
I'm only familiar with python and have zero web coding skills: anyone is up to join?
I wonder what is the relationship between a prize pool size and accuracy of predictions.
It seems that EA community can easily 10x the size of a reward if it would be helpful for such a cool project. At this size the prizes seem more like a token on appreciation than a tool to motivate participation
Did LTFF decline you grant application? Have you applied to manifund.org?
I'm sorry I didn't express myself clearly. By "select people carefully", I meant selecting for correct motivations, that you have tried to filter for using the subsistence salary. I would prefer using some other selection mechanism (like references), and then provide a solid paycheck (like MIRI does).
It's certainly noble to give away everything beyond 30k like Singer and MacAskill do, but I think it should be a choice rather than a requirement.
Well, such a low pay creates additional mental pressure to resist temptation to get 5-10x money in a normal job. I’d rather select people carefully, but then provide them with at least a ~middle class wage
Did anyone consider ELOing the longtermist projects for “Retrospective grant evaluations”. Seems like it could be relatively fast by crowdsourcing comparisons, and orthogonal to other types of estimates
Decentralizing speeding cameras
What if anyone could buy a certified speed camera that can be installed on a building a or a moving car?
Wouldn't it instantly solve all traffic violations and so massively reduce death toll, if the hardware is cheap enough, which is probably the case in 2023?
The main upside of a DAO is that the storage of funds and each grant distribution is protected by the algorithm that has been embedded in the smart contract, instead of being trusted to some entity (e.g. bank or crypto trading firm). The movement of funds is also maximally transparent for any person on the internet. I think it is a big benefit in some cases (although, not in every case)
To be clear, I'm don't support of the actual proposal that the author have laid out int his next post, but I support the idea of experimenting with DAOs for EA and certain it would happen at some point
My idea would be to implement mvp for Badge Collecting for EAs: e.g. badge on EA forum showing that you have been at EAG or EAGx. Or GWWC pledge giver etc. Kind of like https://poap.xyz/
At a first pass it can be made as a chrome extension that would display these badges to users who have opted in, and without any blockchain whatsoever ;)
I think it's just fun to show off your involvement with the community. More importantly it would be one more step towards developing online reputation system
In the future this system can be extended in more sophisticated ways. E.g. badges that can be displayed on demand, or only to a subset of users. Or badges that contain more data that just "been there". I don't feel comfortable sharing amount of personal donations with everyone, but maybe the frequency could be fine? Or maybe sharing the donation trends over time could be encouraging?
I'm only familiar with python and have zero web coding skills: anyone is up to join?
I wonder what is the relationship between a prize pool size and accuracy of predictions. It seems that EA community can easily 10x the size of a reward if it would be helpful for such a cool project. At this size the prizes seem more like a token on appreciation than a tool to motivate participation