At least in some cases, for-profit entrepreneurship may also be directly impactful, or impactful in other ways besides generating wealth that can be put towards altruistic projects
This lends further force to your point, rather than disagreeing with it.
Though I’m not sure I actually think for-profit entrepreneurship is more often useful than you think—I’m just gesturing at some additional possible paths to impact.
Readers may find the following EA Wiki entries (and posts with the corresponding tags) relevant/useful in this context:
Two small things on your final paragraph:
At least in some cases, for-profit entrepreneurship may also be directly impactful, or impactful in other ways besides generating wealth that can be put towards altruistic projects
This lends further force to your point, rather than disagreeing with it.
Though I’m not sure I actually think for-profit entrepreneurship is more often useful than you think—I’m just gesturing at some additional possible paths to impact.
Readers may find the following EA Wiki entries (and posts with the corresponding tags) relevant/useful in this context:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/funding-high-impact-for-profits
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/influencing-for-profits
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/entrepreneurship
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/tag/public-interest-technology