Scott Alexander outlines five key strategic questions facing the ACX Grants program, including whether to fund for-profit companies and how to handle various funding scenarios. Longer summary

Scott Alexander discusses several open questions regarding the ACX Grants program, focusing on key organizational and strategic decisions. He explores whether to fund for-profit companies with charitable aims, whether to donate or invest in such companies, how to handle nonprofits that transition to for-profit status, how to manage requests for prestige without funding, and how to evaluate last year's impact market grants. Each question is presented with arguments for different approaches and their potential drawbacks, showing the complexity of these decisions. Shorter summary

Scott Alexander examines ecclesiology in non-religious movements, using the Catholic Church as a model of organizational success, and questions why other causes don't adopt similar structures. Longer summary

Scott Alexander explores the concept of ecclesiology in non-religious movements, examining how organizations can effectively capture and direct the energy of their members. He discusses the trade-offs involved in organizational design, such as strictness vs. relaxation, orthodoxy vs. flexibility, and top-down vs. bottom-up control. The post then highlights the Catholic Church as an impressively successful organization, analyzing its key features. Finally, Scott ponders why other movements don't adopt similar church-like structures, suggesting that there might be a memetic immune response against such organizations in modern society. Shorter summary