“Charity Entrepreneurship Is Overestimating the Value of Saving Lives by 10%” by Mikolaj Kniejski

I got this idea after I read a few of CE (Charity Entrepreneurship) cost-effectiveness estimates when I was preparing my application for the CE research training program. Although this is not a major pressing improvement, this definitely is an iterative improvement over the current methodology and I haven’t seen anyone else raising this point yet. CE uses DALYs averted as a measure of impact: - DALYs (Disability-Adjusted Life Years): A measure of disease burden, expressed in years lost to disability or early death. Dying one year before your expected life span causes 1 DALY. DALYs are averted when we save someone from dying early, or when we reduce the number of sick people or the duration of their sickness. DALYs for a disease are the sum of YLLs and YLDs: . - Years of Life Lost (YLLs): Calculated as the difference between the age at death and the life [...] ---Outline:(08:03) Update after getting feedback from CE:(10:21) Other random ideas that might be even more important than the main point--- First published: June 12th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/nnMriBtWdLg6NeAPM/charity-entrepreneurship-is-overestimating-the-value-of --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.