Thanks Nick for sharing your perspective/​experiences. It fits with a lot of things I’ve seen/​heard. Giving is a huge part of many people’s lives, it’s the effective part that may be particularly challenging. I also have my doubts about animal welfare being a motivating factor for many, but at least we’ve seen traction with some people.
One thing I’d challenge is that people would necessarily donate to an international NGO. Many EA orgs operate within LMICs. So why not just help people find the most effective orgs within their country? Or maybe even region? For example, people on our course seemed very eager to do something about factory farming in Africa. I doubt they would be as excited to donate to shrimp welfare work in Asia or broiler welfare in Europe.
If a software developer in Germany can pay for a German animal welfare campaigner, can’t a Kenyan software developer also just pay a Kenyan campaigner? The relative differences in earnings should be similar.
Thanks Nick for sharing your perspective/​experiences. It fits with a lot of things I’ve seen/​heard. Giving is a huge part of many people’s lives, it’s the effective part that may be particularly challenging. I also have my doubts about animal welfare being a motivating factor for many, but at least we’ve seen traction with some people.
One thing I’d challenge is that people would necessarily donate to an international NGO. Many EA orgs operate within LMICs. So why not just help people find the most effective orgs within their country? Or maybe even region? For example, people on our course seemed very eager to do something about factory farming in Africa. I doubt they would be as excited to donate to shrimp welfare work in Asia or broiler welfare in Europe.
If a software developer in Germany can pay for a German animal welfare campaigner, can’t a Kenyan software developer also just pay a Kenyan campaigner? The relative differences in earnings should be similar.