You replied in less than a week, I consider it a fast reply, nothing to be sorry about!
I’m so very glad to hear that the funding situation of the HLI has improved, I think the work you’re doing is really important and something that was/is sorely missing when trying to maximize and align impact.
On a personal note, I’ll take this opportunity to mention that I find your posts and comments on this forum very valuable. As someone ignorant about philosophy and happiness research, that’s how I was introduced to important topics like population ethics and WELLBYs. It helped me understand much better my intuitive uneasiness about GiveWell’s values and cleared up a lot of internal confusion.
Seeing a different perspective in what sometimes seems a bit of a monoculture (EA short-term interventions to improve human lives), and seeing the importance of SWB being relentlessly pushed for years was very enlightening and inspiring.
Hi Michael,
You replied in less than a week, I consider it a fast reply, nothing to be sorry about!
I’m so very glad to hear that the funding situation of the HLI has improved, I think the work you’re doing is really important and something that was/is sorely missing when trying to maximize and align impact.
On a personal note, I’ll take this opportunity to mention that I find your posts and comments on this forum very valuable.
As someone ignorant about philosophy and happiness research, that’s how I was introduced to important topics like population ethics and WELLBYs. It helped me understand much better my intuitive uneasiness about GiveWell’s values and cleared up a lot of internal confusion.
Seeing a different perspective in what sometimes seems a bit of a monoculture (EA short-term interventions to improve human lives), and seeing the importance of SWB being relentlessly pushed for years was very enlightening and inspiring.
So thank you for all your amazing work!