I call this “timeboxing”, and it’s been really useful to me when I can bring myself to do it. I’ll also note that Giving What We Ca has acknowledged that they should have spent less time on certain research:
Giving What We Can research spent too many resources evaluating the same interventions and organizations that GiveWell was evaluating.
I call this “timeboxing”, and it’s been really useful to me when I can bring myself to do it. I’ll also note that Giving What We Ca has acknowledged that they should have spent less time on certain research: