https://twitter.com/JeffBezos/status/875418348598603776
He also notes that he welcomes hearing that his strategy is wrong.
I responded here
https://twitter.com/Raemon777/status/876489114861830144
Givewell's made it their mission to find the best nonprofits working in exactly the near-term, urgent but high-impact space.
How can we further coordinate our action on this? Reward people who tweet?
If I ran an EA charity, I would definitely spend the hour to create a Twitter account and reply, earning a nontrivial chance to introduce my organization to one of the richest people in the world.
A year later, Bezos has launched a $2 billion dollar fund to help the homeless.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-13/amazon-s-bezos-launches-2-billion-fund-to-help-the-homeless
This looks awesome!
My contribution: https://twitter.com/pwgen/status/875938651305164800
I was about to excitedly list my own contribution here, and then actually clicked yours and... ah. I see. :P
(It is a great idea but not quite in the spirit of the thing I was about to share. lol)
I responded here
https://twitter.com/Raemon777/status/876489114861830144
How can we further coordinate our action on this? Reward people who tweet?
If I ran an EA charity, I would definitely spend the hour to create a Twitter account and reply, earning a nontrivial chance to introduce my organization to one of the richest people in the world.
A year later, Bezos has launched a $2 billion dollar fund to help the homeless.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-13/amazon-s-bezos-launches-2-billion-fund-to-help-the-homeless
This looks awesome!
My contribution: https://twitter.com/pwgen/status/875938651305164800
I was about to excitedly list my own contribution here, and then actually clicked yours and... ah. I see. :P
(It is a great idea but not quite in the spirit of the thing I was about to share. lol)