I told someone that Heiffer International was an ineffective charity, showing her the GiveWell review on the page. She ended up never donating to anything international ever again, preferring now to donate to the local opera.
Seeing as Heiffer probably beats the local opera, this was a net loss.
Moral: be careful about framing, who you approach, and how.
I’d be interested to learn how a more sales-pitch type framing would have worked… e.g. “what if I told you that for the same amount of money, you could save 2x as many lives in the developing world?”
What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made in trying to help others?
I told someone that Heiffer International was an ineffective charity, showing her the GiveWell review on the page. She ended up never donating to anything international ever again, preferring now to donate to the local opera.
Seeing as Heiffer probably beats the local opera, this was a net loss.
Moral: be careful about framing, who you approach, and how.
I’d be interested to learn how a more sales-pitch type framing would have worked… e.g. “what if I told you that for the same amount of money, you could save 2x as many lives in the developing world?”