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In addition to my other comment on this, it's worth noting that the project Mrs. Jellyby is so enamored of is not something obvious like preventing malaria, tre
by pdonis 3y ago
In addition to my other comment on this, it's worth noting that the project Mrs. Jellyby is so enamored of is not something obvious like preventing malaria, treating parasite infections, or providing clean drinking water. It is an ambitious project to restructure the entire society of an African tribe, which goes sideways for entirely predictable reasons, and it was based on similar actual projects in Dickens's time, which similarly went sideways.
- cubefox 3y agoBut a core feature of effective altruism is evaluating the effectiveness of interventions after they have taken place, to judge whether the same cause should be funded in the future.