I enjoyed the video. I know another commenter argued watching wasn’t a good use of time. I would argue it could be a good use of time, as a way to guard against EA burnout. I think as EAs, we have a tendency to spend all our time doing the emotional equivalent of starting at numbers on a spreadsheet. But every so often, it’s helpful to get a visceral reminder of how easy and cheap it is to bring people joy through effective giving.
On a separate note, the other day I watched this heartbreaking video about Burundi, the world’s poorest country. Is there any particular reason GiveDirectly isn’t operating there? I was thinking maybe it was a lack of mobile money infrastructure.
I wonder if Burundi would be a good fit for a MrBeast giveaway of some kind? I assume if MrBeast just keeps doing cash giveaway videos, they could get boring. But if the world’s poorest country also happens to be a place where cash giveaways aren’t possible, that would be a nice coincidence of wants.
Perhaps instead of cash, MrBeast could offer “your choice out of the following X items”, to preserve the spirit of recipient-directed giving, collect interesting data, and make for an interesting Youtube video.
I enjoyed the video. I know another commenter argued watching wasn’t a good use of time. I would argue it could be a good use of time, as a way to guard against EA burnout. I think as EAs, we have a tendency to spend all our time doing the emotional equivalent of starting at numbers on a spreadsheet. But every so often, it’s helpful to get a visceral reminder of how easy and cheap it is to bring people joy through effective giving.
On a separate note, the other day I watched this heartbreaking video about Burundi, the world’s poorest country. Is there any particular reason GiveDirectly isn’t operating there? I was thinking maybe it was a lack of mobile money infrastructure.
I wonder if Burundi would be a good fit for a MrBeast giveaway of some kind? I assume if MrBeast just keeps doing cash giveaway videos, they could get boring. But if the world’s poorest country also happens to be a place where cash giveaways aren’t possible, that would be a nice coincidence of wants.
Perhaps instead of cash, MrBeast could offer “your choice out of the following X items”, to preserve the spirit of recipient-directed giving, collect interesting data, and make for an interesting Youtube video.