Food for Thought 4: Measuring Good (formerly “Fake Meat—Real Talk”)
After a lot of feedback that our former name “Fake Meat—Real Talk” is ambiguous, we decided to “rebrand” to “Food for Thought”.
Food for Thought is a series of events, where we discuss philosophical and practical questions of EA in small groups over food and drinks: We are exploring effective altruism one bite at a time. EA newcomers are welcome; studying the suggested material is encouraged but not required, please RSVP.
Topic
This time around, we want to discuss the topic of Measuring Good: Measuring the impact of interventions and being able to compare the “good” that possible interventions can do, is at the core of EA. Here, we want to discuss different ways to measure and quantify good and the assumptions and methods behind the different metrics and data points.
Suggested reading
Measuring Good Better, a transcript of the session from EA Global 2022. Here, four organizations (Give Well, Open Philanthropy, Happier Lives Institute, Founders Pledge and Innovations for Poverty Action) describe their respective methods of measuring good.
For anyone who wants to dive more deeply into the topic, we recommend the links in the article that link to detailed descriptions of the methods.
Where/How/What
This time, we’ll meet at Swing Kitchen, close to S-Bahn Friedrichstraße.
Hello, I would like to join (for the first time to an EA event) but I would only be able to meet you at 7:30. Would that still be ok or would it disturb the conversation too much?
No worries about that, you are very welcome to join at 7:30 or later. See you shortly!
Due to the weather forecast, we decided to change the location. We’ll be meeting at Swing Kitchen close to S-Bahn Friedrichstraße. It’s only a 10 minutes walk from the original location. They have vegan comfort food, but it will also be ok if some in the group only have something to drink. Apologies for the short notice but we were waiting for a change in the forecast ;) See you later!
I like the new name and meeting outside!
That’s good to hear! Thanks for the feedback :)
The “Food for Thought” event for July can be found here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/events/4afubrgEp9m9iuKMH/food-for-thought-5-the-vulnerable-world-hypothesis
Indeed, I thought these discussions were focused on veganism. The new name is clearer, especially with the given tagline (“a series of events, where we discuss philosophical and practical questions of EA in small groups over food and drinks”).