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I guess what I really care about is "how much good does my donated dollar do?". Compare a dollar donated to expensive cancer research in the west with a dollar
by anonymous_sorry 4y ago
I guess what I really care about is "how much good does my donated dollar do?". Compare a dollar donated to expensive cancer research in the west with a dollar spent on cheap treatments which we already know to work in a developing country. How much of my dollar goes to CEO and staff pay is part of the calculation, but not the only part.
The Effective Altruism movement aims to direct money towards these activities with maximum impact. But to do this they actually need charities to collect data to measure their impact, which I guess may require some degree of professionalism.
https://www.effectivealtruism.org/ https://www.effectivealtruism.org/
- exdsq 4y agoMy issue with EA is similar to the posts point - it seems to be a lot of money being moved around between EA organizations finding their own blue sky philosophy research. For example the Future of Humanities Institute is funded by Giving What We Can, which passes funds to some AI orgs in SF, that the guys at FHI collaborate with, etc… I agree with their points but the actual funding of EA infrastructure appears to be a huge circle jerk.
- anonymous_sorry 4y agoI've found that the funds are generally quite clear where the money goes. Givewell have a separate fund for EA infrastructure.
- exdsq 4y agoYes, they are, but the issue is it’s so intertwined between the people in EA funds and their supported charities its hard to not be skeptical.
- raspberry1337 4y agoThe first thing that website shows is a TED talk, how ironic.