Thanks Fer! Good points, I will add info hazards. Thanks for the TED talk! ugh yes… violence sucks haha :( I also haven’t seen too much about that in EA circles but I have seen it more present in development circles, like JPAL and IPA with their crime and violence initiatives. I’m curious why on the longtermist side of interventions violence and crime play such an important role in EA (like preventing great power conflict or nuclear weapons) but on the shorttermist side it’s more focused on health interventions (is it because it’s harder to measure than health interventions so they will never beat a GW recommended charity, which is not a problem for the longtermist side when expected value can make violence prevention a great deal?)
Thanks Fer!
Good points, I will add info hazards.
Thanks for the TED talk! ugh yes… violence sucks haha :( I also haven’t seen too much about that in EA circles but I have seen it more present in development circles, like JPAL and IPA with their crime and violence initiatives. I’m curious why on the longtermist side of interventions violence and crime play such an important role in EA (like preventing great power conflict or nuclear weapons) but on the shorttermist side it’s more focused on health interventions (is it because it’s harder to measure than health interventions so they will never beat a GW recommended charity, which is not a problem for the longtermist side when expected value can make violence prevention a great deal?)
Thanks again for your comments!
So I see https://www.povertyactionlab.org/initiative/crime-and-violence-initiative and https://www.poverty-action.org/topics/crime but based on a quick examination, I have no idea how cost-effective these interventions are. Does anyone have links providing an estimate of the cost-effectiveness of violence prevention?