{ "id": "version:problem-the-question-of-questions-v1", "recordId": "problem:the-question-of-questions", "version": 1, "previousId": null, "adapterVersion": "research-content-v1", "subject": { "type": "entry", "collection": "problems", "frontmatter": { "title": "The Question of Questions", "number": 23, "statement": "How should the field decide which open problem to work on first?", "progress": "A published value-of-information estimate for each open problem, updated as problems are solved.", "conditions": [ { "collection": "conditions", "id": "missing-profession" } ], "bounty": "Unfunded. The Question Bounties program will attach prizes once it is funded.", "sources": [] }, "body": "\n## Why it matters\n\nResearch money is limited too. The first problems solved should be the ones whose answers would change the most decisions.\n\n## Where to start\n\nFor each problem, estimate how much money would move if it were solved and how likely a solution is in the next five years. Publish the estimates and let the [Forecasting Platform](/tools/forecasting-platform/) test them.\n" }, "subjectHash": "04bc6511dbed2c14d6dfd2586007a3bfc2f2024f87250e04e252df17bff2b841", "authorship": { "state": "unknown", "complete": false, "actorIds": [], "refs": [] }, "sources": [ { "sourceId": "source:current-problems-the-question-of-questions", "selector": { "kind": "entry" } } ], "hash": "17b20e2d14c5ca44d2a48f55ed42f27359dba5be93e5b8ea214e1a09ff3aa682" }