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This is silly. The biggest social programs in America are Social Security (basically a UBI for old folks), Medicare (health care), and the #1 economic developme
by chrismealy 9y ago
This is silly. The biggest social programs in America are Social Security (basically a UBI for old folks), Medicare (health care), and the #1 economic development success of all time, public education. The kind of social programs they're talking about in this article are so unambitious it's hardly surprising their results aren't measurable.
- therebedragons 9y agoYou are 100% correct if you have zero context. Let me provide some context. If you look at https://80000hours.org/about/ https://80000hours.org/about/ their goal is to help people make the world better, by a combination of career and charitable donations. > Our aim is to help as many people as possible lead high-impact careers. > We do this by providing career advice for talented young people who want to have a social impact. Given this context, several questions arise: 1. What to give to? 2. Which areas to give to? Health? Social? Education? 3. Which countries? 4. Which programs that you can give to have positive outcome? How do you decide which to give to? That's the context of question being asked. The specific article is about an issue that, in this community, is a big question, and 80,000 hours (a YC non-profit BTW) tries to quantify the truth of this common - in their sphere - belief. It is not an attack, or a denial of any of the things you stated, just a different context for inquiry.