To err is human; to admit it, divine.
— New Richard's Poor Almanac
Visit GiveWell's website and you'll find something remarkable: a label in the main navigation that reads "Our Mistakes."
Click and you'll jump to a page headed, "This page logs mistakes we've made, ways in which our organization has failed or currently fails to live up to our values, and lessons we've learned."
Click and you'll jump to a page headed, "This page logs mistakes we've made, ways in which our organization has failed or currently fails to live up to our values, and lessons we've learned."
The page is long, long, long.
Alexander Pope once wrote, "No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday."
How many organizations are gutsy enough to own up?
Not enough.
