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> plenty of strategies formerly championed by 80000 hours have now been found to be more extractive/exploitative than helpful, such as microlending. I don't th
by jefftk 4y ago
> plenty of strategies formerly championed by 80000 hours have now been found to be more extractive/exploitative than helpful, such as microlending.
I don't think 80,000 Hours has ever promoted microlending. They were critical of it ten years ago: https://80000hours.org/2012/11/is-microcredit-mostly-hype/ https://80000hours.org/2012/11/is-microcredit-mostly-hype/