Resource neutrality and levels vs kinds of demandingness

Abstract

Effective altruists have long argued to be both cause and resource neutral: that issue selection and allocation of resources between causes should be based on impartial assessments of impact, rather than prejudices. However, the growth of funding in recent years has made time a more pressing need than money. Thus, effective altruism should shift away from a focus on money towards a focus on time. It may seem that the level of demandingness (how many resources to give) is a separate issue from the kinds of demandingness (what kinds of resources to give). However, the need for one kind of resource can influence the optimal level of overall demandingness. For example, the influx of money into effective altruism may have made it less demanding overall, despite the switch to time as the key bottleneck. – AI-generated abstract.