Should the authors of these posts restrict themselves to cause selection or can they go so far as to select specific interventions and charities?
Because often I prioritize a cause lower if I have no idea what charity might be doing effective work in that area and suspect that the effectiveness of interventions varies widely.
Good question! You should totally talk about specific interventions as well. If you think a cause area looks promising but you don’t see any good giving opportunities, definitely mention that in your writeup.
Michael’s goal is to get as many people as they can to post these as we can, so I think the criteria are as loose as you need them to be get the essay up. I myself might write my own essay not talking about which cause I’ve already selected, but the bottlenecks and major questions, plus best strengths, of the causes I can’t pick between, and then ask readers for help answering my remaining questions.
Perfect. My post if halfway done, but I’ll need some more information from ACE and then I’ll need some more time as well. I might only be able to finish it in September. Good luck with yours!
What info do you need from ACE? I can help you source it if you like. The best person I can think of to direct requests for info form ACE to for this purpose is Jacy Anthis.
I found the information this morning in their online ad impact calculator spreadsheet. I needed the quantitative estimate broken down by species to determine the years of life saved. Not only do I now have that breakdown, the spreadsheet even contained the life spans too!
But I’ll have EA speeches and fundraising the next two weekends, so it’ll still take a while longer.
Should the authors of these posts restrict themselves to cause selection or can they go so far as to select specific interventions and charities?
Because often I prioritize a cause lower if I have no idea what charity might be doing effective work in that area and suspect that the effectiveness of interventions varies widely.
Good question! You should totally talk about specific interventions as well. If you think a cause area looks promising but you don’t see any good giving opportunities, definitely mention that in your writeup.
Will do. Thanks.
Michael’s goal is to get as many people as they can to post these as we can, so I think the criteria are as loose as you need them to be get the essay up. I myself might write my own essay not talking about which cause I’ve already selected, but the bottlenecks and major questions, plus best strengths, of the causes I can’t pick between, and then ask readers for help answering my remaining questions.
Perfect. My post if halfway done, but I’ll need some more information from ACE and then I’ll need some more time as well. I might only be able to finish it in September. Good luck with yours!
What info do you need from ACE? I can help you source it if you like. The best person I can think of to direct requests for info form ACE to for this purpose is Jacy Anthis.
I found the information this morning in their online ad impact calculator spreadsheet. I needed the quantitative estimate broken down by species to determine the years of life saved. Not only do I now have that breakdown, the spreadsheet even contained the life spans too!
But I’ll have EA speeches and fundraising the next two weekends, so it’ll still take a while longer.