FWIW, I also haven’t seen that idea mentioned before your 2015 paper. And I think there’s a good chance I would’ve seen it if the idea was decently widely discussed in EA before then, as I looked into this and related matters a bit for my recent post Crucial questions about optimal timing of work and donations.
FWIW, I also haven’t seen that idea mentioned before your 2015 paper. And I think there’s a good chance I would’ve seen it if the idea was decently widely discussed in EA before then, as I looked into this and related matters a bit for my recent post Crucial questions about optimal timing of work and donations.
(The relevant section is “What “windows of opportunity” might there be? When might those windows open and close? How important are they?”)