“The Most Valuable Dollars Aren’t Owned By Us” by Aidan Alexander

At this time of year, we forum-dwellers tend to spend quite a bit of energy thinking about where we should donate. This year especially, the forum team has outdone themselves, running an interesting debate week on "global health vs. animals" —global health was trounced.. I still love you though, bed-net warriors! — followed by an action packed Giving Season: While I personally find it very interesting to think about what the very best marginal donation would be, I think it's important to remember where the bigger opportunity lies.. Consider this: When we fine-tune our own donations or help other EAs do the same, the gains are probably quite modest. While there are likely meaningful differences between top charities[1], we can be far less certain about which charity is the very best than we can about which are in the top-tier and which are in the "meh"-tier. So factoring in [...] ---Outline:(01:59) You dont own the most valuable dollars, but you can still influence them!(03:19) Tips for making it happen(04:54) The key ask, once more:The original text contained 2 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. The original text contained 1 image which was described by AI. --- First published: December 17th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/63RuoxvpCbaYKTYM6/the-most-valuable-dollars-aren-t-owned-by-us --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.