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The elephant in the bednet: the importance of philosophy when choosing between extending and improving lives

The elephant in the bednet: the importance of philosophy when choosing between extending and improving lives

by Michael Plant, Joel McGuire and Samuel Dupret | Nov 18, 2022

The elephant in the bednet: the importance of philosophy when choosing between extending and improving lives Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum Summary How should we compare the value of extending lives to improving lives? Doing so requires us to make...
A dozen doubts about GiveWell’s numbers

A dozen doubts about GiveWell’s numbers

by Joel McGuire, Michael Plant and Samuel Dupret | Nov 1, 2022

A dozen doubts about GiveWell’s numbers Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum This essay was written for GiveWell’s Change Our Mind Contest1Joel produced the critiques and did most of the reasoning, calculations and writing. Michael and Samuel provided...
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The Happier Lives Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity Number 1198178) and an approved subordinate organization/fund held within the Player Philanthropy Fund, a Maryland charitable trust that has received recognition of federal tax exempt status as a public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the internal Revenue Code (Tax ID: 27-6601178).

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