$28,000 to print hardback copies of fanfiction. $20,000 to someone who was feeling "burnt out" so they can learn to ride a bike (an actual measure of success from an adult in a grant application!) and be unemployed. $30,000 to someones friend on the basis they are good at "Facilitating conversations". $39,000 to make unsuccessful youtube videos. And these are "a strong set of grants" according to the top upvoted post. Wow.
I think this comment, while quite rude, does get at something valuable. There's an argument that goes "hmm, the outside view says this is absurd, we should be really sure of our inside view before proceeding" and I think that's sometimes a bit of a neglected perspective in rationalist/EA spaces.
I happen to know that the inside view on HPMoR bringing people into the community is very strong, and that the inside view on Eli Tyre doing good and important work is also very strong. I'm less familiar with the details behind the other gra... (read more)
$28,000 to print hardback copies of fanfiction. $20,000 to someone who was feeling "burnt out" so they can learn to ride a bike (an actual measure of success from an adult in a grant application!) and be unemployed. $30,000 to someones friend on the basis they are good at "Facilitating conversations". $39,000 to make unsuccessful youtube videos. And these are "a strong set of grants" according to the top upvoted post. Wow.
I think this comment, while quite rude, does get at something valuable. There's an argument that goes "hmm, the outside view says this is absurd, we should be really sure of our inside view before proceeding" and I think that's sometimes a bit of a neglected perspective in rationalist/EA spaces.
I happen to know that the inside view on HPMoR bringing people into the community is very strong, and that the inside view on Eli Tyre doing good and important work is also very strong. I'm less familiar with the details behind the other gra... (read more)
Downvoted for an unnecessarily unkind tone.