[I’m doing a bunch of low-effort reviews of posts I read a while ago and think are important, but which I don’t have time to re-read or say very nuanced things about.]
I think this piece either helped to correct some early EA biases towards legible/high-certainty work (e.g. cash transfers), or more publicly signalled that this correction was taking place (I’m not quite sure of the intellectual history, or what caused what).
Skimming it again, I think it makes some compelling points, and does a good job adding nuance and responding to possible concerns.
I think this is probably one of the most important pieces of the last decade.
[I’m doing a bunch of low-effort reviews of posts I read a while ago and think are important, but which I don’t have time to re-read or say very nuanced things about.]
I think this piece either helped to correct some early EA biases towards legible/high-certainty work (e.g. cash transfers), or more publicly signalled that this correction was taking place (I’m not quite sure of the intellectual history, or what caused what).
Skimming it again, I think it makes some compelling points, and does a good job adding nuance and responding to possible concerns.
I think this is probably one of the most important pieces of the last decade.