friendly utilitarianism. I appreciate how Open Philanthropy and other impact-optimizing organizations think about these the variables of importance, neglectedness, and tractability to determine where they should focus resources for greatest marginal impact. How can we use utilitarian and consequentialist thinking to improve the way our institutions operate? Relatedly, how can I think about the way I proceed with my own work in this way? This thinking has led me to one of the core questions I try to ask about my work: can anyone else do what you do better than you?

This is essentially asking if can anyone else do what you do better than you? is a good question or not.

• Maybe a good kind of work is when you are doing what few others can do better?

can anyone else do what you do better than you?

But perhaps I’m wrong and different types of work have more similar can anyone else do what you do better than you?.

This might help inform the question of can anyone else do what you do better than you?.

can anyone else do what you do better than you?

can anyone else do what you do better than you?

Slightly less specialized would be donating time in a way that many others could also provide. Of course, this does not assess the quality of the volunteering alone, since scarce supply of volunteers may justify a non-specialized volunteering. Similar to can anyone else do what you do better than you?