> You might just end up sending a million malaria nets to Africa which might contaminate the wildlife. EAs have long since internalized this idea, and do actua

> You might just end up sending a million malaria nets to Africa which might contaminate the wildlife. EAs have long since internalized this idea, and do actually look at the reality on the ground. For example, here's a citation-laden summary of the empirical evidence that those malaria bed nets are helping, both on net and on the margin: https://www.givewell.org/international/technical/programs/insecticide-treated-nets https://www.givewell.org/international/technical/programs/in...