Pat Myron 🔸

Software Engineer
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GWWC website in 2010:
For a person earning £15,000 per year, this would mean saving 5 lives every year

£300/$450 (~£450/$650 inflation-adjusted) per life then.. unfathomably low

https://old.reddit.com/r/EffectiveAltruism/comments/1gmtdrm/has_average_cost_to_save_a_life_increased_or/

Setting up the Google Ads Grant

A good reminder how much software is free for nonprofits: https://kindful.com/blog/free-nonprofit-software/

Would love to hear what other software you use/recommend!

In America, dining services influence far more meals than vegans' personal consumption

Aramark, Compass Group, etc. each serve billions of meals annually, and even the largest individual correctional facilities, hospital campuses, school districts, public universities, baseball stadiums, etc. each serve millions of meals annually to largely captive audiences

Private subreddit / FB group could be cheaper/easier (although perhaps less private/aesthetic)

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/ is a great American nonprofit resource:

New Incentives in particular seems poised to spend much more after large ~Givewell cash grants

Most people view farm animals as serving a purpose, whereas animal cruelty is criticized more when more unnecessary. That's why moral progress is made in fashion, poaching, and animal-fighting sports and why veganism should focus more on food waste and traditions like egg tosses and egg decorating: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22890292/food-waste-meat-dairy-eggs-milk-animal-welfare Omnivores can respect farm animal sacrifices more, which is a useful mindset shift

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