SFF-2020-H2 S-process recommendations announcement
Survival and Flourishing Fund, 2019
Abstract
A group of anonymous Recommenders participated in a grant-recommendation process regarding applications from organizations focused on the long-term survival and flourishing of sentient life. The organizations were free to apply if they lacked an institutional home but had existing charities, or if they wanted service contracts to further long-termist projects. In the process dubbed as the S-process, the Recommenders could publicly specify marginal utility functions for funding each application. These functions and the final intended grant amounts by the funders were adjusted and numerically inputted into a spreadsheet. The S-process is designed to encourage diversity in the final list of grants and respects the autonomy of the funders and Recommenders by giving them the option of going beyond what the S-process endorses. – AI-generated abstract.
