I include the opportunity cost of the broader community (e.g., the project hires people from the community who’d otherwise be doing more impactful work), but not the opportunity cost of providing the funding. (This is what I meant to express with “someone giving funding to them”, though I think it wasn’t quite clear.)
are you including opportunity cost in the consideration of net harm?
I include the opportunity cost of the broader community (e.g., the project hires people from the community who’d otherwise be doing more impactful work), but not the opportunity cost of providing the funding. (This is what I meant to express with “someone giving funding to them”, though I think it wasn’t quite clear.)