I know a bit about the agriculture-affecting global catastrophic risks, asteroid/ācomet impact, super volcanic eruption, and nuclear winter. I also know quite a bit about the relevant interventions, especially alternate food sources: http://āāwww.appropedia.org/āāFeeding_Everyone_No_Matter_What (disclosure: I coauthored the book). I have just submitted a probabilistic modeling paper that indicates alternate food interventions are significantly more cost-effective than global poverty interventions at saving lives in the present generation. I am happy to help on your project.
Hi, Iām still working on the draft, just wanted to let you know. After EA Global, I tried to map the full space of effective altruism organizations, which led me to notice trends in effective alturism I hadnāt noticed before. New Harvest was represented at EA Global, along with other biotech initiatives. I noticed some effective altruists think developing alternative food sources might be a great way to phase out and end factory farming. Also, New Harvest is working on cultured meat and knows and supports development and research into other alternate food sources. Thirdly, though I havenāt read much about it, the Open Philanthropy Project does consider food security an issue under the focus areas of ābiosecurityā alongside risks from both natural and engineered pandemics. Iāve just read your essay on cause selection for the monthly blogging carnival, and I found it interesting. Nick Bostrom also worries about biotechnology developments as a catastrophic risk, but I donāt know if, e.g., the FHIās and Open Philās concerns over engineered pandemics have much overlap with agriculture catastrophes except as both having a foundation in the life sciences.
Part of the reason my draft is taking so long is because Iām upgrading my thesis from āthere are emerging causes for effective altruismā to āthe current model of causes effective altruism uses is better ditched in favor of a new model of several overlapping foci, which different organizations converging on themā. This is a bolder thesis, one which I think could and I indeed shake up effective altruism as we conceptually conceive it. So, Iām taking more time to fine-tune my essay so it will be well received. Anyway, cross-cutting concern from multiple causes to research biotechnology and agriculture technology make it a keystone example. Environmental concerns, food security in the face of catastrophic risks, ensuring positve biotechnology innovation, mitigating factory farming with alternative food sources, and the potential for engineered foods to ease world hunger make this focus area one which covers all majors causes. Of course, how alternate food sources impact the world will be weighted differently by different causes, which we must still study, debate, and discern.
Anyway, Iām hoping an article on this forum for each new focus of effective altruism will be written up. So, Iāll be looking to you for help very much! Iāll contact you within the next two weeks with more questions.
I know a bit about the agriculture-affecting global catastrophic risks, asteroid/ācomet impact, super volcanic eruption, and nuclear winter. I also know quite a bit about the relevant interventions, especially alternate food sources: http://āāwww.appropedia.org/āāFeeding_Everyone_No_Matter_What (disclosure: I coauthored the book). I have just submitted a probabilistic modeling paper that indicates alternate food interventions are significantly more cost-effective than global poverty interventions at saving lives in the present generation. I am happy to help on your project.
Hi, Iām still working on the draft, just wanted to let you know. After EA Global, I tried to map the full space of effective altruism organizations, which led me to notice trends in effective alturism I hadnāt noticed before. New Harvest was represented at EA Global, along with other biotech initiatives. I noticed some effective altruists think developing alternative food sources might be a great way to phase out and end factory farming. Also, New Harvest is working on cultured meat and knows and supports development and research into other alternate food sources. Thirdly, though I havenāt read much about it, the Open Philanthropy Project does consider food security an issue under the focus areas of ābiosecurityā alongside risks from both natural and engineered pandemics. Iāve just read your essay on cause selection for the monthly blogging carnival, and I found it interesting. Nick Bostrom also worries about biotechnology developments as a catastrophic risk, but I donāt know if, e.g., the FHIās and Open Philās concerns over engineered pandemics have much overlap with agriculture catastrophes except as both having a foundation in the life sciences.
Part of the reason my draft is taking so long is because Iām upgrading my thesis from āthere are emerging causes for effective altruismā to āthe current model of causes effective altruism uses is better ditched in favor of a new model of several overlapping foci, which different organizations converging on themā. This is a bolder thesis, one which I think could and I indeed shake up effective altruism as we conceptually conceive it. So, Iām taking more time to fine-tune my essay so it will be well received. Anyway, cross-cutting concern from multiple causes to research biotechnology and agriculture technology make it a keystone example. Environmental concerns, food security in the face of catastrophic risks, ensuring positve biotechnology innovation, mitigating factory farming with alternative food sources, and the potential for engineered foods to ease world hunger make this focus area one which covers all majors causes. Of course, how alternate food sources impact the world will be weighted differently by different causes, which we must still study, debate, and discern.
Anyway, Iām hoping an article on this forum for each new focus of effective altruism will be written up. So, Iāll be looking to you for help very much! Iāll contact you within the next two weeks with more questions.