Your “very basic math” is a negligent application of linear extrapolation. The effective altruists have been trying to measure lives saved by interventions for

Your “very basic math” is a negligent application of linear extrapolation. The effective altruists have been trying to measure lives saved by interventions for a decade. It’s a very hard problem. Anyway, the rest is moot. There’s no account anyone else can give as to the content of your own media diet. If you’re unhappy with it, you should read/watch/consume something else.