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Update Big List of Cause Candidates

EA communityGlobal catastrophic risksGlobal health & development
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David Federico Rivadeneira

CompleteGrant
$1,000raised

Project summary

Update a big list of "cause candidates" [^1]: cause areas or interventions that could potentially be very effective, but that haven't yet been researched.

[^1]: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/SCqRu6shoa8ySvRAa/big-list-of-cause-candidates

What are this project's goals and how they be achieved?

  • Goals: Have an up-to-date list of potential cause areas. Secondary goal: make it more maintainable and accessible; use a git filesystem instead of a forum post.

  • How will they be achieved: By putting in the time and skill.

How will this funding be used?

  • Salary

Who is on the team and what's their track record on similar projects?

  • David Rivadeneira will lead this. I (Nuño) will lightly manage this.

What are the most likely causes and outcomes if this project fails? (premortem)

  • NA. Given potential for future collaboration, failure is still informative.

What other funding is this person or project getting?

  • None.

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David Federico Rivadeneira

5 months ago

Final report

Description of subprojects and results, including major changes from the original proposal

Unfortunately, I have decided to close the project due to challenges in meeting the intended goals within the allocated timeframe.

Spending breakdown

The project utilized the allocated funds for salaries.

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Austin Chen

5 months ago

@davidfriva Thanks for the update; I'm sorry to hear that you weren't able to finish your stated goals given the budget. Do you happen to have anything publicly shareable based on your work on this project? Even work-in-progress/drafts could be helpful for others who want to try something similar!

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Austin Chen

12 months ago

Approving as a simple research project which could help projects go well.

FWIW, I'm more skeptical than Nuno that work of the form "make large lists of project ideas" is useful, as execution (not ideas) are almost always the bottleneck. But as usual, happy to be proven wrong!

donated $1,000
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Nuño Sempere

12 months ago

Main points in favor of this grant

  • Project has some value, may have influenced organizations like Charity Entrepreneurship

  • Project has some learning value as well

Donor's main reservations

  • None.

Process for deciding amount

  • Negotiation with project lead based on expected number of hours.

Conflicts of interest

  • None