Tech founder turned impact investor.
BetterBite.vc - Alt protein / climate VC in Asia
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Help with advice, support on any of the EA projects I'm working on
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My question is about donation swap and is there enough critical mass of givers (and demand) to implement or help facilitate something like this?
eg- Australia can give to some cause areas / charities but not others (eg existential risk, animal policy/lobbying etc)
Thanks for all the great work (and donations!) you and crew all do at GWWC.
Hey Ryan, welcome and glad to read your intro! It's admirable that you are committed to impact. I think it's natural to feel the problems of the world are big, and sometimes feel that our impact is so low. But it's not. Every dollar we spend or minute volunteering or working on an effective intervention matters, and can make a big difference in lives, today or potentially in the future. Thanks for posting and all the best with figuring out the next steps!
Perhaps another way to frame it might be to count the time and money outside of the your donation bucket? As in, donation budget is rational/effective, and everything else can be included as part of discretionary spending on personal/wellbeing? eg- same bucket as hobbies, travel etc.
Not sure if this might simplify things mentally and guard against motivated reasoning and slippery slope concerns
This year have donated:
Glad to finish up with a slight increase vs last year.
Organizations:
Thanks all for working hard on the important stuff...