I donated and was happy to. Unfortunately, now I have to figure out how to extract a record of my donation from Apple Pay. It, for some reason, is not linking to my GiveDirectly account or sending me an email receipt. I miss pre-app web browsing.
Donated - with a credit card this year, although I sure wish they made it easier to just send a check and confirm the donation that way - took a long time last year.
I gave via the Slow Boring link because I guess it’s closest to my own views and I wanted to beat the neo cons (I don’t hate them but they have done some serious and unnecessary harm) but I felt a little bad about not helping out smaller newsletters like The Argument and Singal Minded. How do we know who is raising the most money?
It's a crappy idea, made even worse by the fact that this administration is full of morons, so even if it were a good idea, I would not trust them to execute it well (where "well" = both "competently" and "ethically/with a minimum of war crimes").
There, now nobody needs to spend $2000!
(j/k it's still good to spend $2000 to help poor people)
As a founding subscriber on The Bulwark, I have to go with the pro-democracy Big Tent home team here. Made my contribution and requested my employer to match although the latter won't show up in their stats I suppose. Thank you for your charitable giving efforts SB team!
Thanks for doing this! Your 10% contribution to GiveWell was a factor in subscribing & this is more icing on the cake. Maybe next year an additional support tier that gets a full blown article?
If you gave last year you'll get an email from GD that allows you to make an omnibus donation in the name of all these scrappy Substackers so you can teach them an important lesson about sharing.
Have to say, matching funds are so nice. I only donated $20 of my own money, but between the Slow Boring match and my employer's match, they're getting $50.
You are a good person, Matt Yglesias. Thank you for doing this!
My one criticism is that the picture at the top of the article should have been Dr. Evil holding his pinky to the corner of his mouth. "One... million... dollars!"
I think it’s the confidence issue mentioned in the article. GiveWell is probably more effective, but it’s more complicated to explain why, and harder to feel sure their impact research isn’t missing something, I would guess.
Suggestion: we should come up with a way to do a SB version of the "Dear Ndugu" letters from the lost classic About Schmidt where we complain about our personal lives/the dumb choices our manager made/people who Were Wrong On The Internet to the people we help like so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJedM84qpgE
150k more to hit the goal with 28 days still to go. LFG!
I donated and was happy to. Unfortunately, now I have to figure out how to extract a record of my donation from Apple Pay. It, for some reason, is not linking to my GiveDirectly account or sending me an email receipt. I miss pre-app web browsing.
Donated! Lets Go!!!
Donated - with a credit card this year, although I sure wish they made it easier to just send a check and confirm the donation that way - took a long time last year.
I gave via the Slow Boring link because I guess it’s closest to my own views and I wanted to beat the neo cons (I don’t hate them but they have done some serious and unnecessary harm) but I felt a little bad about not helping out smaller newsletters like The Argument and Singal Minded. How do we know who is raising the most money?
Somebody donate $2,000 & ask about invading Venezuela.
Do you think Matt has changed his position since yesterday? https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-bizarre-march-to-war-with-venezuela
No, I'm trying to make a joke about the guy who approached Matt in a Sweetgreen.
It's a crappy idea, made even worse by the fact that this administration is full of morons, so even if it were a good idea, I would not trust them to execute it well (where "well" = both "competently" and "ethically/with a minimum of war crimes").
There, now nobody needs to spend $2000!
(j/k it's still good to spend $2000 to help poor people)
Can the 2000 dollar donation be split among several people if they agree to the same question?
As a founding subscriber on The Bulwark, I have to go with the pro-democracy Big Tent home team here. Made my contribution and requested my employer to match although the latter won't show up in their stats I suppose. Thank you for your charitable giving efforts SB team!
Thanks for doing this! Your 10% contribution to GiveWell was a factor in subscribing & this is more icing on the cake. Maybe next year an additional support tier that gets a full blown article?
Interesting article on Vox about Mackenzie Scott’s giving philosophy: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/470404/mackenzie-scott-amazon-trust-based-philanthropy-explained
This basically seems like a MacArthur grant for charities. Aren’t those also no strings attached.
Good article. She still seems really dumb, naive, or both.
If you gave last year you'll get an email from GD that allows you to make an omnibus donation in the name of all these scrappy Substackers so you can teach them an important lesson about sharing.
Have to say, matching funds are so nice. I only donated $20 of my own money, but between the Slow Boring match and my employer's match, they're getting $50.
You are a good person, Matt Yglesias. Thank you for doing this!
My one criticism is that the picture at the top of the article should have been Dr. Evil holding his pinky to the corner of his mouth. "One... million... dollars!"
Also done. I love the competition aspect. The urge to beat someone in a competition is always stronger than the urge to do some charitable act!
Nothing wrong with Give Directly but what about GiveWell?
I think it’s the confidence issue mentioned in the article. GiveWell is probably more effective, but it’s more complicated to explain why, and harder to feel sure their impact research isn’t missing something, I would guess.
Go Slow Boring, beat Tim Miller!
Suggestion: we should come up with a way to do a SB version of the "Dear Ndugu" letters from the lost classic About Schmidt where we complain about our personal lives/the dumb choices our manager made/people who Were Wrong On The Internet to the people we help like so: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJedM84qpgE