The author is not talking about traditional donation-based altruism, but about the 'effective altruism' (EA) movement, which is definitely interested in evaluat

The author is not talking about traditional donation-based altruism, but about the 'effective altruism' (EA) movement, which is definitely interested in evaluating the effectiveness of different interventions. The comments you make probably place you squarely in agreement with the EA Camp. Give Directly (a UBI style setup) is in fact one of the charities recommended by Give Well (an EA organization).