Pain relief: a shallow cause exploration Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum This shallow investigation was commissioned by Founders Pledge. Summary This report is a shallow cause exploration, completed in two weeks, which expands on our previous work...
A can of worms: the non-significant effect of deworming on happiness Download Report as PDF Discuss on the EA Forum Summary Mass deworming, where many people are provided drugs to treat parasitic worms, has long been considered a highly cost-effective intervention to...
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 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...