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...
To WELLBY or not to WELLBY? Measuring non-health, non-pecuniary benefits using subjective wellbeing Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum This essay was written for the Worldview Investigations category of Open Philanthropy’s Cause Exploration Prizes. Summary...
Deworming and decay: replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum Summary At the Happier Lives Institute, we have been replicating GiveWell’s cost-effectiveness analysis of deworming. GiveWell’s model assumes that...
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...
Will faster economic growth make us happier? The relevance of the Easterlin Paradox to Progress Studies Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum This is a transcript of a talk given by Michael Plant at the Moral Foundations of Progress Studies workshop at the...
