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Darius Meißner's avatar

The effective altruism non-profit 80,000 Hours has published a problem profile on 'Improving Institutional Decision-Making' two years ago which states they believe 'This is among the most pressing problems to work on.'

They also mention Robin's work on prediction markets in passing.

https://80000hours.org/prob...

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Aaron Gertler's avatar

What is a positive example of a "promising institution idea" being adapted to a messy social context as part of its path to greater adoption? I'd love to see more than one example if you have them at hand.

One charity with strong EA backing that may fit this description is the Center for Election Science, which organized a ballot initiative to convince the city of Fargo, ND to adopt approval voting rather than first-past-the-post. They are now expanding to more cities, with help from a grant by the Open Philanthropy Project (and a lot of support by individuals within EA).

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