With effective altruism in the news absolutely everyone has been publishing their takes on the movement, and I keep thinking of things I want to say in response to all of them but don't have time. So let's try this: 1 like = 1 opinion on effective altruism and its critics.
The most important lesson I learned after 10 years in EA: widen your f***king confidence intervals. You know 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 about doing good in the world. Seriously. Thread. 🧵 Full post here t.ly/a1hy pic.twitter.com/IUjOEH8VLT
This paper is totally crazy: nber.org/papers/w27799 Originally they intended to test the impact of parateachers in Guinea Bissau a la this paper (alexeble.com/s/Eble-et-al-P…) in The Gambia, but the people they trained held out for way higher wages and sued them(!). After winning... pic.twitter.com/g6im1Cs9rK
- Study in Guinea showing "There are places where kids are in school and just not learning to read or even recognize numbers, and that's an in principle fixable problem for ~$425/kid/year."