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10 months agoWell, because (most) governments (mostly) *don’t* throw money at the problems that *could* be solved by throwing money at them.
Look at the malaria prevention or guinea worm eradication programs, for instance. Ten years ago or so, my first encounter with EA was a website talking about how many lives you could save or improve by giving money to NGOs focused on those issues.
Hell, look at homelessness in most “Western” countries, except Finland. Look at UBI. etc.
@swlabr
Oh I’m in total agreement with you on all these points.
I really detest the bizarre self-delusional stuff that masquerades as “Altruism” for the TREACLES people. (Yes that’s a deliberate mis-acronyming.)
What I was trying to express, but not clearly enough, was that I’d really like someone to help with working out what’s a genuinely effective use of effort and/or money. It’s doubly frustrating that the people who looked like they might be trying to do that were just a crank AI cult.