by Ryan Dwyer and Michael Plant | Jul 6, 2023
Research Agenda 2023 Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum Foreword The idea that the quality of a society should be judged by the happiness of its people is an old idea, stretching back at least to the Enlightenment, if not Aristotle. What’s new is that now...
by Michael Plant | Jun 9, 2023
HLI’s work is discussed on the 80k podcast: Some comments Discuss on the EA Forum We’re delighted that HLI’s work and the subjective wellbeing approach featured so prominently on the latest 80k podcast with Elie Hassenfeld, the CEO of GiveWell. It was a really...
by Joel McGuire, Samuel Dupret, Michael Plant and Ryan Dwyer | Apr 11, 2023
Lead Exposure: a shallow cause exploration Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum This shallow investigation was commissioned by Founders Pledge.1Joel McGuire and Samuel Dupret contributed to the conceptualization, investigation, analysis, data curation, and...
by Happier Lives Institute | Mar 24, 2023
Response to GiveWell’s assessment of StrongMinds Discuss on the EA Forum Note and future update to our analysis Our current estimation for StrongMinds is that a donation of $1,000 produces 62 WELLBYs (or 7.5 times GiveDirectly cash transfers). See our changelog....
by Conrad Samuelsson, Samuel Dupret, Michael Plant and Caspar Kaiser | Mar 17, 2023
Can we trust wellbeing surveys? A pilot study of comparability, linearity, and neutrality Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum Introduction Subjective wellbeing (SWB) data, for example answers to life satisfaction questions, are important for decision-making...
