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Sounds vague. I’d say do like bill gates and put the billions directly into worthwhile causes instead instead of suggesting the trickle down will be unquantifi
by drenginian 7y ago
Sounds vague.
I’d say do like bill gates and put the billions directly into worthwhile causes instead instead of suggesting the trickle down will be unquantified but amazing.
- flancian 7y agoI'd say let's do both; let's try every approach, in rational proportions. There is likely an optimal ratio of spending between humanitarian causes and existential risks. What is it? Is this ratio, and others that have the potential for shaping the future of humanity, openly discussed somewhere? If so, where?
- tasogare 7y agoBill Gates is funding some humanitarian ventures without thinking to the next decades externalities it has. 100% feel good and PR actions, yet questionable in the grand scheme of things.
- anoncake 7y agoExternalities such as?
- Mediterraneo10 7y agoOne externality I have seen mentioned goes as follows: fewer childhood malaria deaths in sub-Saharan Africa mean more unemployed or under-employed young men being tempted to cross the Mediterranean, exacerbating political tensions in North Africa and Europe. But obviously, if you are a philanthropist and saving every human life is your chief concern, then such thinking can seem repugnant.