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When startup founders face effective altruism calculations

My co-founder and I are splitting our company's charitable budget between international development and local education, but we just learned that the international work might be 100x more cost-effective and now we don't know if we're being responsible stewards or if there are other values besides pure efficiency that should matter in our decision.

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Two people are grappling with whether maximum efficiency should override other moral considerations in their giving.

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