Yep that works too @NunoSempere there are different arguments for between about 35 and 80 years, the argument for the higher end e.g. 80 (made interestingly by the WHO) is that we should ascribe everyone their full future potential life expectancy with each year valued at or close to 1.0, no matter where they are in the world. This value every human life the same and recognises that much of what stops people reaching this potential are modifiable factors
The argument for lower-mid end (perhaps more in line with effective altruism thinking) is that we should use the real world situation as of right now to estimate the likely QALYS someone would have experienced in average life in that country. In this case you might get more like 35-40 for somewhere like Uganda like Givewell did
Or you can hedge your bets and go somewhere in between
Either way It makes about a 2x order of magnitude difference which is managable.
Yep that works too @NunoSempere there are different arguments for between about 35 and 80 years, the argument for the higher end e.g. 80 (made interestingly by the WHO) is that we should ascribe everyone their full future potential life expectancy with each year valued at or close to 1.0, no matter where they are in the world. This value every human life the same and recognises that much of what stops people reaching this potential are modifiable factors
The argument for lower-mid end (perhaps more in line with effective altruism thinking) is that we should use the real world situation as of right now to estimate the likely QALYS someone would have experienced in average life in that country. In this case you might get more like 35-40 for somewhere like Uganda like Givewell did
Or you can hedge your bets and go somewhere in between
Either way It makes about a 2x order of magnitude difference which is managable.