Title: Theory / Important / Human / EA / Reducing suffering

Name: fungibility of good
Definition: the situation in which solving some problems opens up resources to focus on other problems
Page: https://reducing-suffering.org/why-charities-dont-differ-astronomically-in-cost-effectiveness/

Question: What are the difference between a EA charity 5 times or 1000 times as good as a regular charity ?
Answer: Saying that a charity is 1000 as good seems naive; thus you'll need strong argument to be taken seriously
Page: https://reducing-suffering.org/why-charities-dont-differ-astronomically-in-cost-effectiveness/
Answer2: Stealing donors from other charities is costly, some people stop donating. Thus stealing is a net worth for x5, but still worth it for x1000
Answer3: If it's 20 time harder to find donors, then actions to find donors for the regular charity are 4 times more effective, or 50 times less
Answer4: If, as a volunteer, you are 20 times less efficient in the EA charity, you should work for the regular/EA ones if its x5/x1000

Name: Cross polinating
Definition: The fact that volunteer will go from a charity to related charities. Thus having volunteer in a charity which has no direct action is still good, because it will send some volunteer to charities with an action
Page: https://reducing-suffering.org/why-charities-dont-differ-astronomically-in-cost-effectiveness/
Context: EA