I was thinking along very similar lines with ‘Limitations’ #1. It would be much better to model this as a contribution function in four dimensions, rather than only counting ‘EA dollars’.
Not only would this require more data, but one would need to assign a multiplier to each separate intervention à la GiveWell moral weights. What fraction of a ‘Global Health’ dollar is counted when Bill Gates funds vaccine research? Could be interesting for future work.
I was thinking along very similar lines with ‘Limitations’ #1. It would be much better to model this as a contribution function in four dimensions, rather than only counting ‘EA dollars’.
Not only would this require more data, but one would need to assign a multiplier to each separate intervention à la GiveWell moral weights. What fraction of a ‘Global Health’ dollar is counted when Bill Gates funds vaccine research? Could be interesting for future work.