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I may have a limited view of the EA movement. I had in mind primarily Givewell, whose currently recommended charities are all focussed on directing money towards the poorer parts of the world, to alleviate either disease or poverty. The Good Ventures portfolio of grants is mostly directed to the same sort of thing.
On global threats:
How would it not be? Major and prolonged geomagnetic storms, threaten the lives and QALYs of everyone everywhere, so there isn't an issue there of selecting who to save first. Protective measures save everyone.
You confuse reasons strategic choices of why GiveWell makes those recommendations with the shortest summary of the intervention.
Spending money on health care intervention does more than just saving lives. There are a lot of ripple effects.
GiveWell is also producing incentives to for charities in general to become more transparent and evidence-based.
You said only lives and QALYs. I'm not disputing that it also effects lives and QALYs. I'm disputing that's the only thing you get from it.