singularitard comments on Open thread, Oct. 13 - Oct. 19, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 15 October 2014 01:20:25PM 1 point [-]

While Givewell does recommend one charity that focuses on direct cash transfer not every charity recommended by Givewell does and Givewell analyses Charities in detail, so even if you don't agree with their conclusion reading their analysis of a particular charity can help you evaluate the charity.

Comment author: singularitard 21 October 2014 06:45:14PM 0 points [-]

They don't publish very long write-ups, it's more like a checklist of their particular criteria.

Comment author: ChristianKl 21 October 2014 08:44:14PM 0 points [-]

They don't publish very long write-ups, it's more like a checklist of their particular criteria.

I do think the length of the analysis of GiveDirectly is fairly long (http://www.givewell.org/international/top-charities/give-directly). If you think that the recommendation of GiveDirectly is a mistake based on naive assumptions it makes sense to read the article.

Comment author: singularitard 21 October 2014 09:00:27PM 1 point [-]

I didn't say that, top level commenter did. I wish their evaluations of all charities were at least as detailed as that.

Comment author: Drayin 28 October 2014 06:35:15PM 1 point [-]

They would needs hundreds of staff if not more to do that.