Here’s an example of this in action. The typical person in the UK donates around £6,700 ($9,600USD)[3] over the course of their working lifetimes. For this money we could fund the distribution of around 1,900 mosquito nets[4] (likely preventing around 200children from becoming really, really sick from malaria[5], and probably saving at least two or three lives). However, most voluntary donations go to domestic medical charities.[6] The UK’s National Health Service considers it good value to save one year of healthy life for around £25,000. [7]It’s highly unlikely that a domestic charity will beat this figure, so the typical donor’s impact is going to be many, many times less than it could otherwise be. Remember, just because we don’t think about these choices, doesn’t mean that they’re not there.
Great example here
Was literally talking to a friend about this. Many people I’ve met when I talked about EA has the first impression that it’s about looking at the admin costs and overhead being too high that makes charities ineffective.
When in fact, as I’m trying to explain to them, it’s where the money can be directed (aka effective interventions) that’s going to make the most difference.
Great example here
Was literally talking to a friend about this. Many people I’ve met when I talked about EA has the first impression that it’s about looking at the admin costs and overhead being too high that makes charities ineffective.
When in fact, as I’m trying to explain to them, it’s where the money can be directed (aka effective interventions) that’s going to make the most difference.