https://twitter.com/EpistemicHope/status/1604887378593603584It's both difficult and scary to stick your neck out making a spreadsheet to maximize your altruism.
https://twitter.com/NathanpmYoung/status/1602399684730970112EAs get to be part of the EA club by deferring to the EA network about which causes and actions are most impactful.
https://twitter.com/EpistemicHope/status/1592372594006638598Also it is a good stab at the ideology of Effective Altruism, which tends to have as an implicit assumption that key opportunities are scalable. That if you can turn a little money or effort into something good, you then you must be able to turn a lot of money into a lot of good.