Mihkel Viires 🔹

Economics student @ University of Tartu
28 karmaJoined Pursuing an undergraduate degreeTartu, Eesti

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  • Attended more than three meetings with a local EA group
  • Attended an EA Global conference

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“Scriptwriting is our current biggest bottleneck” Can you elaborate a bit? Is the hard part deciding what the messages are that you want to deliver or rather how to deliver them? 

Here is a list of all malaria-related grants GiveWell has made. 

One organization that GiveWell has made some grants to is PATH, they do work on vaccines (as well as some other things). You might want to look into them.

Perhaps The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria? 

They accept donations through the United Nations Foundation. One drawback: I did not see an option on the donation page to direct the donation to only malaria work, so the funds will probably get distributed between malaria, and the other health problems they focus on.

You can start by asking an LLM. If you provide it the level of income you expect to make, it can help with the math. (You will of course need to double check what the AI says.)

If you want to find a good country for earning to give, you might want to compare countries' tax systems not just based on their income tax rates, but also look into the tax deductions available for charitable donations. Just like in Belgium, many / most of the wealthier European countries have progressive tax systems with rather high tax rates, but depending on the country, the tax deductions available can give a big boost to how much of your gross income you will be able to donate.

This post is really hard to understand. I am not sure what is the exact message you wish to convey here, so perhaps it would be useful if you could elaborate a bit and be more concrete.

Thanks for sharing your story, Tom! Fascinating read.

This seems like a good move! Not everything is equally important; some things are a lot more impactful than others, so makes to focus on those.

Good and highly valuable post, thanks for sharing your experience!

As an European, it does indeed feel like the EU and its institutions do not receive enough media coverage & public attention, compared to its impact and importance. Consider how few movies and TV series feature the EU's institutions as the setting where they take place, compared to say the UK or US. (For those looking for a good TV series about the EU, I recommend Parlement.)

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