by Michael Plant | Jul 15, 2022
A philosophical review of Open Philanthropy’s Cause Prioritisation Framework Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum Summary In this post, I undertake a philosophical review of Open Philanthropy’s Global Health and Wellbeing Cause Prioritisation Framework, the...
by Michael Plant | Jun 22, 2022
Will faster economic growth make us happier? The relevance of the Easterlin Paradox to Progress Studies Progress Studies has been popularised by academics such as Tyler Cowen and Steven Pinker. However, the Easterlin Paradox presents a real challenge to the claim that...
by Matthew Coleman | Feb 1, 2022
Affective forecasting Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum This report was produced as part of the Happier Lives Institute’s 2021 Summer Research Fellowship 1. Summary People make mistakes when predicting the intensity and duration of their own and others’...
by Michael Plant | Nov 3, 2020
The comparability of subjective scales Foundational Research There are long-standing doubts about whether data from subjective scales are cardinally comparable—should we, for instance, believe that if two people self-report their happiness as '7/10' then they are as...
by Fin Moorhouse, Michael Plant and Tom Houlden | Nov 1, 2020
The philosophy of wellbeing Foundational Research This short article summarises what philosophers do (and don't) mean by the term "wellbeing". It introduces the three main rival accounts of what wellbeing is and considers their theoretical strengths and weaknesses....
