Scott Alexander and Tyler Cowen run “celebrity grants programs” — by drawing on their own star power, they find really talented folks to apply for funding, and convince well-moneyed donors that they can find good opportunities. Can Manifund extend this into a service?

Specific people to ask

• Dwarkesh?

  • Explaining AI?
  • podcasts?

  “Dwarkesh Grants” proposal

• Byrne Hobart?

• patrick mckenzie?

  • “social tech” regranting?

• Aella? for sex research, or matchmaking?

• zvi?

• Hanania

• destiny?

  • better politics regranting?

• cate hall? sasha chapin?

• simone & malcom collins?

• henrik karlsson?

• Vitalik?

Specific program areas to fund

• “love” regranting program
  • Try to fix dating, matchmaking
  • aella, collins’, cate hall & sasha chapin, henrik karlsson
• pronatalist regranting program?
  • Collins, Matt Yglesias, Bryan Caplan, Robin Hanson?
• O1 / immigration stuff
  • [a] worth reaching out to Rhanson, Bcaplan — they have a ACXG-type thing, they do the fundraising & networking & stuff, we do the backend
• Neighborhood/SF scene
  • Similar to Francisco San
  • Or: YIMBY?

Why does ACX Grants work?

aka “is Scott irreplaceable?”