I suppose, then, that the most utility could be gained by donating time to local projects in your area of interest—tutoring kids, red cross, what have you, and money to global projects. It doesn’t take a lot of expertise to send $10 to starving kids in Africa, or what have you. You decide that Sub-Saharan Africa is a place where your money will probably go a lot farther than most other places, you google around for some charities, then do a little background research, and send in your money.
But with donating time, where you’re doing something physically, you’re going to generate a lot more utility by doing something you already know something about than by something you’d have to learn from scratch.
I suppose, then, that the most utility could be gained by donating time to local projects in your area of interest—tutoring kids, red cross, what have you, and money to global projects. It doesn’t take a lot of expertise to send $10 to starving kids in Africa, or what have you. You decide that Sub-Saharan Africa is a place where your money will probably go a lot farther than most other places, you google around for some charities, then do a little background research, and send in your money.
But with donating time, where you’re doing something physically, you’re going to generate a lot more utility by doing something you already know something about than by something you’d have to learn from scratch.