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uh one is factfulness by the late Hans Rosling. Uh this is a book that just brings global health data to to to the world. It's say the core argument of the book is something like in order to prioritize correctly we need to understand the world accurately. And then for me uh Hans Rosling's site gap minder was one of the things that got me very excited about this work back in 2006.
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Uh second book poor economics by Esther Duffel and Abig Banerjee. They're two of the founding members of this randomized control trial movement in development economics. And this book gives an overview of of their work and the ideas behind this work. And this work that's no not just them but people like Michael Kramer, Rachel Glennister, Dean Carlin, Ted Miguel.
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And then finally a book called Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Buu. uh she spent years in uh in Anawadi. It's an informal urban settlement sometimes known as a slum near the Mumbai airport and it just paints a very vivid picture of what life is like in poverty. I
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An excellent organisation is significantly more likely to succeed than a weaker one, so organisational strength belongs in the decision about where to give.
This has reinforced my intuition that excellent organizations are significantly more likely to succeed than others, and GiveDirectly’s overall excellence increases my estimate of the impact it will achieve.
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Changed their mind Explicit cost-effectiveness models deserve less weight in a giving decision than the strength of the organisation carrying the work out.
Before I put less weight on explicit cost-effectiveness analysis. Conceptually, my goal is to maximize the impact of my charitable contribution, but I put less weight on the explicit cost-effectiveness models we create than others.
Now I remain ambivalent about putting so much weight on cost-effectiveness estimates because they are subject to numerous debatable assumptions, but I’ve changed my mind based on work we did over the past few months.
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I put less weight on explicit cost-effectiveness analysis. Conceptually, my goal is to maximize the impact of my charitable contribution, but I put less weight on the explicit cost-effectiveness models we create than others.
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I remain ambivalent about putting so much weight on cost-effectiveness estimates because they are subject to numerous debatable assumptions, but I’ve changed my mind based on work we did over the past few months.
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It is not appropriate to donate to your own employer, however good a giving opportunity it would otherwise be.Their words
I’m not donating to GiveWell, because I don’t find it appropriate to donate to my employer, for similar reasons to what Holden wrote last year.
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This has reinforced my intuition that excellent organizations are significantly more likely to succeed than others, and GiveDirectly’s overall excellence increases my estimate of the impact it will achieve.
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An excellent organisation is significantly more likely to succeed than a weaker one, so organisational strength belongs in the decision about where to give.
This has reinforced my intuition that excellent organizations are significantly more likely to succeed than others, and GiveDirectly’s overall excellence increases my estimate of the impact it will achieve.
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It is not appropriate to donate to your own employer, however good a giving opportunity it would otherwise be.
I’m not donating to GiveWell, because I don’t find it appropriate to donate to my employer, for similar reasons to what Holden wrote last year.
Staff members’ personal donations – giving season 2014 Said 17 Dec 2014
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