This sounds great—I think many underestimate the effectiveness of this kind of direct support. When giving money directly to talented and well-motivated people you know personally, you are operating with much more information, there are no middlemen so it’s efficient, and it promotes prosocial norms in communities. They can also redistribute if they think it’s wise at some point—as you mentioned, paying it forward.
This sounds great—I think many underestimate the effectiveness of this kind of direct support. When giving money directly to talented and well-motivated people you know personally, you are operating with much more information, there are no middlemen so it’s efficient, and it promotes prosocial norms in communities. They can also redistribute if they think it’s wise at some point—as you mentioned, paying it forward.