Couldn’t you say the same about GiveWell’s evaluation of AMF, TLYCS’s evaluation of PSI or the evaluation of any other charity or intervention that would predictably affect population sizes? ACE doesn’t consider impacts on wild animals for most of the charities/interventions it looks into, either, despite the effects of agriculture on wild animals.
My impression is that Charity Science/Entrepreneurship prioritizes global health/poverty and animal welfare, so we shouldn’t expect them to consider the effects on technological advancement or GCRs anymore than we should expect GiveWell, TLYCS or ACE to.
FWIW, this is aimed at developing countries.
Couldn’t you say the same about GiveWell’s evaluation of AMF, TLYCS’s evaluation of PSI or the evaluation of any other charity or intervention that would predictably affect population sizes? ACE doesn’t consider impacts on wild animals for most of the charities/interventions it looks into, either, despite the effects of agriculture on wild animals.
My impression is that Charity Science/Entrepreneurship prioritizes global health/poverty and animal welfare, so we shouldn’t expect them to consider the effects on technological advancement or GCRs anymore than we should expect GiveWell, TLYCS or ACE to.
They have worked on evaluating animal welfare, though, so it would be nice to see this work applied here for wild animals.
EDIT: Oh, is the concern that they’re looking at a more biased subset of possible effects (by focusing primarily on effects that seem positive)?
″ Oh, is the concern that they’re looking at a more biased subset of possible effects (by focusing primarily on effects that seem positive)? ”
Yes. It doesn’t mention other analyses that have come to opposite conclusions by considering effects on wild animals and long-term development.