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The death rate for children has dropped dramatically
- TaylorPhebillo 5y agoThe enormous risk factor from the article is malnutrition. Givewell, an organization which specializes in estimating the cost-effectiveness of forms of charitable giving, suggests treating acute malnutrition could be extremely cost effective, costing a few thousand dollars to save a life. https://blog.givewell.org/2021/11/19/malnutrition-treatment/ https://blog.givewell.org/2021/11/19/malnutrition-treatment/
- ZeroGravitas 5y agoI'd imagine that dealing with malnutrition in children maximises quality of life as well as the binary alive/dead distinction.
- TaylorPhebillo 5y agoI hope so? But that's hard to study, and Givewell (in contrast to other effective altruism organizations) is fairly conservative about making claims and recommendations.
- honkycat 5y agoMy god, can we get some POSITIVE news for once? ( /s )
- burglekutt 5y agohttps://futurecrunch.com/ https://futurecrunch.com/
- savant_penguin 5y ago"Yet there's cause for alarm" I find these claims actually dangerous We risk disrupting what has consistently been a downard trend by acting on some arbitrary definition of "cause of alarm". Teenage pregnancy after the 1960's is one example of that
- vmception 5y agoJust pick whatever timeframe is convenient for your cause Ive lost faith in people’s ability to perceive that so might as well make them your flock
- nazgulnarsil 5y agoClaiming everything is cause for alarm is defecting against the ability to communicate about important things because it means alarms no longer work. Journalists have been crying wolf 24/7/365 on every available bit of bandwidth for decades now and it's time to start treating them appropriately.
- robbedpeter 5y agoRun out of the village, into the forest, to fend against actual wolves, preferably.
- seibelj 5y agoThe NYT is constantly using the words "scary", "terrifying", "afraid", "catastrophe". The sun is still shining and my kids are still playing outside. You can ignore the news for years and live care-free without psychological consequences.
- rocqua 5y agoI do believe that generally the world is not okay. We are currently suffering the consequences of many slowly unfolding tragedies that were well warned about by experts. So I imagine there are quite a few tragedies building up now, warned about, but not yet acted uppon.
- seibelj 5y agoHonestly - don’t care. The internet makes me able to see endless tragedies big and small 24/7. I help my family, friends, and community and pay it forwards. I sleep like a baby.
- mberning 5y agoEven having a mildly sick child is devastating as a parent. It guts you. I can’t fathom what it would be like to lose a child. I’m sure it is a major factor in many other poor outcomes for the family and community.