There’s actually quite a bit of GHD discussion that going on among people in EA orgs, but not on the forum. For instance, just yesterday, the Unjournal hosted a workshop on using wellbeing and how to do WELLBY vs DALY trade-offs, which had EG org staff and various academics in attendance (thanks to David Reinstein for making it happen!).
Based on that, and other conversations, I am considering writing some things in the area, so maybe your wish will come true, Nick...
To me wellbeing is the most exciting topic in EA GHD at the moment, because with some serious engagement from the kinds of players attending that workshop, it has the greatest potential to credibly upend the currently accepted wisdom in EA GHD. There are a lot of questions that you and others have been chipping away at for some time that many people assume are either solved or unlikely to yield field-altering results, and I think that impression is wrong!
I agree its fantastic, not only for Wellbeing itself, but also for disrupting the status quo. I hardly thing that even the problem of “DALYs” is solved though. Even the moral weights issue which plays into it will never be solved as such, Givewell’s piecemeal approach (which I absolutely love and think is a great way to do it) shows how tricky it is.
There’s actually quite a bit of GHD discussion that going on among people in EA orgs, but not on the forum. For instance, just yesterday, the Unjournal hosted a workshop on using wellbeing and how to do WELLBY vs DALY trade-offs, which had EG org staff and various academics in attendance (thanks to David Reinstein for making it happen!).
Based on that, and other conversations, I am considering writing some things in the area, so maybe your wish will come true, Nick...
To me wellbeing is the most exciting topic in EA GHD at the moment, because with some serious engagement from the kinds of players attending that workshop, it has the greatest potential to credibly upend the currently accepted wisdom in EA GHD. There are a lot of questions that you and others have been chipping away at for some time that many people assume are either solved or unlikely to yield field-altering results, and I think that impression is wrong!
I agree its fantastic, not only for Wellbeing itself, but also for disrupting the status quo. I hardly thing that even the problem of “DALYs” is solved though. Even the moral weights issue which plays into it will never be solved as such, Givewell’s piecemeal approach (which I absolutely love and think is a great way to do it) shows how tricky it is.