HM: Adam. Listen to me. For the sake of my grandson, if not your own. There is a natural order to this world, and those who try to upend it do not fare well. This movement will never survive. If you join them, you and your entire family will be shunned. At best, you exist as pariah, to be spat on and beaten. At worst, lynched or crucified.
(At the same time in year 2144 we see Sonmi being led to her execution, watched by a crowd which includes Mephi, she smiles with a tear rolling down her face as the device that kills fabricants is placed to her head, the metal bolt released killing her instantly as it goes through her head)
HM: And for what? For what? No matter what you do, it will never amount to anything more than a single drop in a limitless ocean.
Adam Ewing: What is an ocean but a multitude of drops?
[Adam and Tilda leave the room] ~ Cloud Atlas
“Virtually all poverty reduction comes from economic growth and migration–not [...] philanthropy.”
Thousands of dollars to prevent one person from getting Malaria (due to an AMF bednet) is enough for me. Sure, it’s a drop in the bucket—so what?
Most philanthropists aren’t asking themselves, what’s the absolute most effective anti-poverty force in the world? They’re thinking like economists, on the margin. What’s the greatest marginal benefit for the world that I can get in exchange for my donation? The fact that most poverty reduction is coming from economic growth and migration could indicate that other areas are being neglected, and thus offer more promising opportunities for an individual donor. Bednets for malaria prevention seem like a clear example of this.
Jason H
Should individuals be thought of as a macroeconomic force?
Lant Pritchett’s new paper as required EA reading
Has anyone read this? https://www.econlib.org/escaping-poverty/
I’d be very curious to see an EA response, especially from someone involved in the global poverty space.
[Adam and Tilda turn to leave the room]
HM: Adam. Listen to me. For the sake of my grandson, if not your own. There is a natural order to this world, and those who try to upend it do not fare well. This movement will never survive. If you join them, you and your entire family will be shunned. At best, you exist as pariah, to be spat on and beaten. At worst, lynched or crucified.
(At the same time in year 2144 we see Sonmi being led to her execution, watched by a crowd which includes Mephi, she smiles with a tear rolling down her face as the device that kills fabricants is placed to her head, the metal bolt released killing her instantly as it goes through her head)
HM: And for what? For what? No matter what you do, it will never amount to anything more than a single drop in a limitless ocean.
Adam Ewing: What is an ocean but a multitude of drops?
[Adam and Tilda leave the room] ~ Cloud Atlas
“Virtually all poverty reduction comes from economic growth and migration–not [...] philanthropy.”
Thousands of dollars to prevent one person from getting Malaria (due to an AMF bednet) is enough for me. Sure, it’s a drop in the bucket—so what?
Jason H
Should individuals be thought of as a macroeconomic force?
Should single charities?
prm.nau.edu/prm205/starfish-story.htm