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jall

5 karmaJoined Feb 2021Bristol, UK

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Software Engineer at GiveDirectly

Interested in qualia research, consciousness formalism, and paradise engineering

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jall
8mo41

ah, of course. thanks!

jall
8mo2-2

A $1,000 cash transfer costs a bit more than $1,000 to deliver


I'm surprised by this claim!

GiveDirectly's published figures for delivery costs are 10-20% of the total funds, and the financials seem to back this up to my naive eye: "Direct Grants" dominate all other expenses. 9:1 or 8:1 is way different than 1:1 suggested here

How's this figure calculated?

jall
2y20


Anecdote: This came up in my EA Intro Fellowship group discussion last week. Someone had heard of EA way back but thought the "Effective" part made us sound like wankers & didn't explore further (until recently).