No, you'd need to account for several things (curing someone of malaria has compounding returns, high-impact opportunities may dry up, etc). There's substantia

No, you'd need to account for several things (curing someone of malaria has compounding returns, high-impact opportunities may dry up, etc). There's substantial discussion: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/7uJcBNZhinomKtH9p/giving-now-vs-later-a-summary https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/7uJcBNZhinomKtH9p/... I do agree that utilitarianism provides too much room for mental gymnastics which bad actors can use to feign benevolence.