I think it more often goes the other way, in that there are interventions that look good to EAs that look less good to int/a. For example, I’m relative negative on unconditional cash transfers, and I think most of the evidence showing they work is too narrowly scoped and fails to consider what happens to a society that is nicer only because of handouts and is failing to build a self-sustaining economic engine needed for the niceness to persist. I know some such programs are aware of this problem and try to address it, but it also leaves me feeling like there might be better solutions.
I guess on the other side maybe I’d say EA is by default too negative on arts charities. I’m not saying that your typical arts charity is effective, but I am saying I think it’d be a mistake if we reallocated all arts funding to top GiveWell charities, as access to museums is worth something even if it’s hard to qualify against human lives (perhaps more generally, I think not all goods are actually as fungible as the typical EA thinks).
Any examples of interventions EA might overlook that int/a rates highly in your view? (No need to speak for others)
I think it more often goes the other way, in that there are interventions that look good to EAs that look less good to int/a. For example, I’m relative negative on unconditional cash transfers, and I think most of the evidence showing they work is too narrowly scoped and fails to consider what happens to a society that is nicer only because of handouts and is failing to build a self-sustaining economic engine needed for the niceness to persist. I know some such programs are aware of this problem and try to address it, but it also leaves me feeling like there might be better solutions.
I guess on the other side maybe I’d say EA is by default too negative on arts charities. I’m not saying that your typical arts charity is effective, but I am saying I think it’d be a mistake if we reallocated all arts funding to top GiveWell charities, as access to museums is worth something even if it’s hard to qualify against human lives (perhaps more generally, I think not all goods are actually as fungible as the typical EA thinks).