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A preliminary estimate, and a request for better ones.
Summary
I believe the standard literature estimates for the number of DALYs attributable to a case of stunting are too low, largely because they don’t account for the long term effects. This means that childhood nutritional interventions that reduce the prevalence of stunting may be substantially more cost-effective than previously believed.
Epistemic status
Exploratory and back-o...
A strong skepticism of flashy marketing.
Really, I think this one is massively under-emphasised because of the necessity of marketing tactics to many of EA's outreach efforts.
But I think that learning to decouple actual measurable impact from a slick, well-presented, eye-catching markety whatever is a huge part of becoming the kind of EA that can be trusted with power. And that happens by developing an almost aesthetic revulsion to anything that looks too flashy: a personal warning system to proceed with caution and not be taken in by something attempting to hijack your importance-measuring-sense.