It’s about a surrounding society’s measure of status, not about the community’s.
I don’t think Holden Karnofsky is high status as far as society goes. Outside of people with interest in Effective Altruism he’s just a random person running an NGO.
Social status has many dimensions. Credible professionalism and a position to affect an organization with notable resources and visibility are pretty robust ones.
I don’t think Holden Karnofsky is high status as far as society goes. Outside of people with interest in Effective Altruism he’s just a random person running an NGO.
Social status has many dimensions. Credible professionalism and a position to affect an organization with notable resources and visibility are pretty robust ones.
Givewell has 1 million in revenue per year. There are plenty of organisations of that size. I don’t think it’s a large amount of resources.