Title: Theory / Important / Human / EA / Vox

Question: Why can a successful small program fail to scale
Answer: It's not leaded anymore by one very motivated person. A lot of new people, maybe less motivated or without the whole picture, must enter
Page: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/12/10/18127987/global-health-poverty-development-scaling-economics-research-yrise-yale
Answer2: If the program is complementary to a government program, the government may try to reduce it's part, and thus the program replace instead of improving
Answer3: Government officials may be corrupt. They may force you to help them or forbid you the scaling. Or they could just state that it's their success, and you help unfair elections
Answer4: If you teach people a skill, an enterprise needing this skill may move near your small program event. But it won't move near every event once scaled
Answer5: If a lot of people get a skill or an object (e.g. a goat) those will be less valuable once everyone got it

Name: Meta charity
Definition: A charity evaluating other charity and advising about giving to them

Question: Why some phylantropist use LLC and not fundations
Answer: It allows them to give to politic parties defending their ideas
Answer2: It allow to pursue investissment which may make money, such as drug research or clean meat. Which is illegal in USA for a fundation
Answer3: It gives more control over the way to spend the money. E.g. no need to spend 5% by year

Question: What's the problem with philantropy through LLC over fundations
Answer: LLC are less transparant
Page: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/2/7/18207247/arnold-foundation-corporation-nonprofit-charity

Name: white-savior industrial complex
Definition: The system by which inexperienced rich american are praised to go to Africa and try to save people
Page: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/24/17995536/liberia-girls-more-than-me-katie-meyler

Question: What's wrong with easily allowing people to do good in poor country without supervision
Answer: It is pretty easy for those people to do criminal things (rape, take away a part of the money) without being noticed
Page: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/24/17995536/liberia-girls-more-than-me-katie-meyler
Answer2: Most important task, such as teaching, requires actual knowledge, and not only passion. This don't lead to good charity

Name: movement capture
Definition: the phenomenon where activist groups end up pressured by well-intentioned funders into a change in course.
Page: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/2/28/18241490/movement-capture-civil-rights-philanthropy-funding

Name: Band-aid solution
Definition: A solution to a problem not solving the cause of a problem
Page: https://www.vox.com/2019/3/6/18245135/philanthropy-charity-case-for-bandaid

Question: What is positive about band-aid solutions ?
Answer: It solves problem for people currently living
Page: https://www.vox.com/2019/3/6/18245135/philanthropy-charity-case-for-bandaid
Answer2: Some of them are already known to work
Answer3: They can use today the billion charity have which can't all be used to test risky low-scale solution