Not the main topic of this piece but I wanted to comment on that: I agree that violence/security has become too much of a “right-wing issue” and that this is a problem for solving the problem. However, I think this also derives from the almost absent problem of violence in 1st world countries. Both you and I are from Latin America and we know how much of a issue this is in here. The rule-of-law is the most basic precondition so that people may have some stability in life and therefore social development. However, I cannot remember if I ever saw that debated in EA circles. I will therefore use this opportunity to leave this link to a TEDTalk by Gary Haugen from International Justice Mission: https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_haugen_the_hidden_reason_for_poverty_the_world_needs_to_address_now
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?)
Great work Angela! Congrats!
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On “5.Cons” I would have added info hazard.
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Not the main topic of this piece but I wanted to comment on that: I agree that violence/security has become too much of a “right-wing issue” and that this is a problem for solving the problem. However, I think this also derives from the almost absent problem of violence in 1st world countries. Both you and I are from Latin America and we know how much of a issue this is in here. The rule-of-law is the most basic precondition so that people may have some stability in life and therefore social development. However, I cannot remember if I ever saw that debated in EA circles. I will therefore use this opportunity to leave this link to a TEDTalk by Gary Haugen from International Justice Mission: https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_haugen_the_hidden_reason_for_poverty_the_world_needs_to_address_now
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?