I love this wisdom and agree that most charities’ cost effectiveness will be less than they claim. I include our assessment of my own charity in that, and GiveWell’s assessments. Especially as causes become more saturated and less neglected. And yes like you say with Animal charities there are more assumptions made and far wider error bars than with human assessment.
I haven’t (and won’t) look into this in detail but I hope some relatively unmotivated people will compare these analysis in detail.
I love this wisdom and agree that most charities’ cost effectiveness will be less than they claim. I include our assessment of my own charity in that, and GiveWell’s assessments. Especially as causes become more saturated and less neglected. And yes like you say with Animal charities there are more assumptions made and far wider error bars than with human assessment.
I haven’t (and won’t) look into this in detail but I hope some relatively unmotivated people will compare these analysis in detail.