‘I think very few systemic changes will affect 1B people’ . I agree entirely. We should not in any way close the door on the possibility of systemic interventions with wide-scale impact and it made me think:
‘Imagine a systemic change intervention could create a HALY/person of 1.00 for all scentient beings all the time’.
Noting:
1) all time less an implementation period accounting for ramp-up to maximum impact
2) is not constrained by arbitrary boundaries e.g. rich/poor, planetary, species, only by the limits of our consciousness
3) I’m considering a HALY of 1.00 to equate to the elimination of all avoidable suffering
This statement is logically consistent with the original sentence and only scaled up beyond the 1B people (so both numerically, within the our species, but also beyond our species).
So what does this mean exactly? Effectively we are imagining, expressed in another way, transitioning from a world of:
x-risk, nuclear catastophe, environmental degradation, compromised well being, family-oriented suffering, animal suffering, selfishness, displacement, conflict, fair economies, discrimination, compromised physical or mental health, poor nutrition, tobacco, pollution, corruption, poorly treated children, unsafe (e.g. safe roads) and irresponsible transportation, abuse, inadequate education, slavery, poverty, corporate or poltical irresponsibility, gridlock, equality, the ills of globalization, technology risk e.g. AI, to children), genocide,, terrorism, materialism, suicide etc
‘I think very few systemic changes will affect 1B people’ . I agree entirely. We should not in any way close the door on the possibility of systemic interventions with wide-scale impact and it made me think:
‘Imagine a systemic change intervention could create a HALY/person of 1.00 for all scentient beings all the time’.
Noting:
1) all time less an implementation period accounting for ramp-up to maximum impact
2) is not constrained by arbitrary boundaries e.g. rich/poor, planetary, species, only by the limits of our consciousness
3) I’m considering a HALY of 1.00 to equate to the elimination of all avoidable suffering
This statement is logically consistent with the original sentence and only scaled up beyond the 1B people (so both numerically, within the our species, but also beyond our species).
So what does this mean exactly? Effectively we are imagining, expressed in another way, transitioning from a world of:
x-risk, nuclear catastophe, environmental degradation, compromised well being, family-oriented suffering, animal suffering, selfishness, displacement, conflict, fair economies, discrimination, compromised physical or mental health, poor nutrition, tobacco, pollution, corruption, poorly treated children, unsafe (e.g. safe roads) and irresponsible transportation, abuse, inadequate education, slavery, poverty, corporate or poltical irresponsibility, gridlock, equality, the ills of globalization, technology risk e.g. AI, to children), genocide,, terrorism, materialism, suicide etc
to living experiences characterized by:
happiness, sensation, creativity, caring, love, understanding, dynamicism, responsibility, progress, equality, fun, good health, truth, trust, consensus, sharing etc
Even if there were very few such interventions, any demonstrating:
a compelling, well-reasoned and evidence-based story
scalable to achieve the desired outcome
testable from a modest initial scale pilot
as such not massive $’s to test
This would have to be worth investing in. It would have to be as much of a no-brainer as buying malaria nets, frankly.