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#59 A New Lens on Happiness - Joel McGuire | Happier Lives Institute
Joel McGuire is a research analyst at the Happier Lives Institute. The Happier Lives Institute is a think tank studying how to measure and increase happiness. Today, Joel discusses their new research on which evidence is best suited to measure happiness. And how charities can use that to help others.
To learn more about the Happier Lives Institute, visit https://happierlivesinstitute.org
To read the Happier Lives Institute's research, visit: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/mY4pZSwvFCDsjorJX
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
03:00 Traditional measures of wellbeing
08:55 What is subjective-wellbeing?
10:58 How charities decide where to spend money
15:38 The Happier Lives Institute's Research
22:05 Next Steps from this Research
P.S. Some fancy words Joel used:
- Subjective wellbeing: How happy someone sees themself as.
- Charity Navigator: A charity rankings site that tries to audit the most transparent charities with low costs. More details: https://charitynavigator.org.
- GiveWell: A charitable organisation trying to find the most thoroughly-proven opportunities to do good. More details: https://givewell.org.
- Consumption: how many goods and services a household uses.
- Deworming: a type of health treatment to remove parasitic worms from someone's body.
- Cash transfers: a type of charitable intervention where donors directly send money to recipients, usually without any conditions on its use.
- DALY: Disability adjusted life year. A unit of health that measures how long someone is alive, adjusted for their quality of life. Ex: A year of being alive while blind has a smaller value in DALYs than a year with sight.
- Strongminds: a charity that trains ordinary people in Africa to lead psychotherapy groups for others in their community. More details: https://strongminds.org.
- Cataract surgery: a healthcare treatment that requires relatively inexpensive equipment and can prevent blindness.
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By The Knowledge ArchivesJoel McGuire is a research analyst at the Happier Lives Institute. The Happier Lives Institute is a think tank studying how to measure and increase happiness. Today, Joel discusses their new research on which evidence is best suited to measure happiness. And how charities can use that to help others.
To learn more about the Happier Lives Institute, visit https://happierlivesinstitute.org
To read the Happier Lives Institute's research, visit: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/mY4pZSwvFCDsjorJX
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
03:00 Traditional measures of wellbeing
08:55 What is subjective-wellbeing?
10:58 How charities decide where to spend money
15:38 The Happier Lives Institute's Research
22:05 Next Steps from this Research
P.S. Some fancy words Joel used:
- Subjective wellbeing: How happy someone sees themself as.
- Charity Navigator: A charity rankings site that tries to audit the most transparent charities with low costs. More details: https://charitynavigator.org.
- GiveWell: A charitable organisation trying to find the most thoroughly-proven opportunities to do good. More details: https://givewell.org.
- Consumption: how many goods and services a household uses.
- Deworming: a type of health treatment to remove parasitic worms from someone's body.
- Cash transfers: a type of charitable intervention where donors directly send money to recipients, usually without any conditions on its use.
- DALY: Disability adjusted life year. A unit of health that measures how long someone is alive, adjusted for their quality of life. Ex: A year of being alive while blind has a smaller value in DALYs than a year with sight.
- Strongminds: a charity that trains ordinary people in Africa to lead psychotherapy groups for others in their community. More details: https://strongminds.org.
- Cataract surgery: a healthcare treatment that requires relatively inexpensive equipment and can prevent blindness.