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Did this article get help to actual people on the ground in this particular relief area? What proceeds did you earn from ads on this article? Did you donate th

Did this article get help to actual people on the ground in this particular relief area? What proceeds did you earn from ads on this article? Did you donate those? Where did you donate those proceeds? Did this article minimize overhead of relief efforts anywhere? Are you suggesting that ARC should not have collected donations at all? Because they do not have an established presence in the relief territory and are thus unqualified to determine how best to allocate donations, they shouldn't have collected and donated hundreds of millions of dollars to help? Here would be a better way to use this time: + Develop a list of actionable suggestions for improving efficiency and allocation of relief aid + Develop solutions for problems in resource-constrained areas + Establish rapport with the people who you think are actually helping + Develop a transparent and accountable international transaction network that operates with minimal resources (on devices powered by hand crank and solar power) + Develop clean energy production capacity, storage, and a resilient power grid in order to produce 3D-printed homes (with plumbing and electrical to code) where there is little timber, clean water, and plenty of sand + Connect people in need of basic necessities with an efficient supply chain that doesn't leave pallets of things undistributed + Go hand out water and MREs and try not to get sick + What is a reasonable MLR (Medical Loss Ratio)

imtringued 8y ago
Writing that article probably didn't take more than a week so lets say 40 hours. Now compare that with the donation amount. 0.5 billion dollars. Assuming very generously you paid $300 per hour per employee (just to drive home how crazy the amount of money is) this is equivalent to 1.6 million man hours wasted compared to 40 hours. Someone with only 40 work hours is unable to solve the problem. An organization with millions of man hours should be able to solve the problem. In other words criticizing the author for wasting his time is completely crazy because unless he writes another 40000 of these articles his inefficiency amounts to almost nothing.

imtringued 8y ago

Writing that article probably didn't take more than a week so lets say 40 hours. Now compare that with the donation amount. 0.5 billion dollars. Assuming very generously you paid $300 per hour per employee (just to drive home how crazy the amount of money is) this is equivalent to 1.6 million man hours wasted compared to 40 hours. Someone with only 40 work hours is unable to solve the problem. An organization with millions of man hours should be able to solve the problem. In other words criticizing the author for wasting his time is completely crazy because unless he writes another 40000 of these articles his inefficiency amounts to almost nothing.