The S.B.F. Pandemic

People keep mentioning his mother's Democratic connections, but I hadn't seen the specific group mentioned before, called "Mind the Gap":

Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats

https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/6/21046631/mind-the-gap-si...

But reading that, it seems more like the mother applieid EA thinking to Democratic fundraising, and only started four years ago:

> “Most people have no idea whether their political contributions will actually make a difference,” Fried said. “Our aim is to evaluate the efficacy of different forms of political and civic engagement, and provide our conclusions free to individual, interested donors so they can make more educated decisions about where their money would be most effectively spent.”