Caring about existential risk does not require longtermism, but existential risk being the top EA priority probably requires longtermism or something like it. Factory farming interventions look much more cost-effective in the near term than x-risk interventions, and GiveWell top charities look probably more cost-effective.
I’m not sure if GiveWell top charities do? Preventing extinction is a lot of QALYs, and it might not cost more than a few $B per year of extra time bought in terms of funding Pause efforts (~$1/QALY!?)
This looks incorrect to me. Factory farming interventions winning over x-risk interventions requires both thinking (1) that animals have moral weight not too far from that of humans, and (2) that the amount of suffering in factory farming is more morally important than increasing the chances of humanity and life in general of surviving at all. These assumptions are not shared by everyone in EA.
Caring about existential risk does not require longtermism, but existential risk being the top EA priority probably requires longtermism or something like it. Factory farming interventions look much more cost-effective in the near term than x-risk interventions, and GiveWell top charities look probably more cost-effective.
I’m not sure if GiveWell top charities do? Preventing extinction is a lot of QALYs, and it might not cost more than a few $B per year of extra time bought in terms of funding Pause efforts (~$1/QALY!?)
This looks incorrect to me. Factory farming interventions winning over x-risk interventions requires both thinking (1) that animals have moral weight not too far from that of humans, and (2) that the amount of suffering in factory farming is more morally important than increasing the chances of humanity and life in general of surviving at all. These assumptions are not shared by everyone in EA.