Hi! I’m pretty new to EA. I can think of a few examples from my work experience that resonate with EA.
I’m interested in systemic change where the response to a social issue produces more harm than good. Two sound examples are deinstitutionalization and drug policies.
Speaking from Latin America, the institutionalization of children and people with psycho-social disabilities is not only harmful to people’s rights, but it’s a drain of resources (it’s an expensive response that doesn’t solve any problems, but exacerbates them) and perpetuates harm in the long term (creating the need for further specialized support to revert the consequences). It’s nonsense.
I also think of organizations advocating for drug policy reform since the ‘war on drugs’ has cost billions and caused more deaths than drug use.
These examples of systemic reforms, for their focus on doing good better and considering the long-term sound EA aligned to me.
Hi! I’m pretty new to EA. I can think of a few examples from my work experience that resonate with EA.
I’m interested in systemic change where the response to a social issue produces more harm than good. Two sound examples are deinstitutionalization and drug policies.
Speaking from Latin America, the institutionalization of children and people with psycho-social disabilities is not only harmful to people’s rights, but it’s a drain of resources (it’s an expensive response that doesn’t solve any problems, but exacerbates them) and perpetuates harm in the long term (creating the need for further specialized support to revert the consequences). It’s nonsense.
I also think of organizations advocating for drug policy reform since the ‘war on drugs’ has cost billions and caused more deaths than drug use.
These examples of systemic reforms, for their focus on doing good better and considering the long-term sound EA aligned to me.