Do you recommend any textbooks (or other resources) that might help an applicant become more familiar with the expected value frameworks used at OpenPhil?
(I work for Open Phil.)
Spending time with GiveWell’s CEA is probably more helpful than reading a textbook. You could also just practice doing Fermi estimates in general.
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Do you recommend any textbooks (or other resources) that might help an applicant become more familiar with the expected value frameworks used at OpenPhil?
(I work for Open Phil.)
Spending time with GiveWell’s CEA is probably more helpful than reading a textbook. You could also just practice doing Fermi estimates in general.