One might argue that the amount of misinformation in the world is decreasing, not increasing. Maybe we’re much more aware of it, which would be a good thing.
Lesswrong and the EA Forum are making progress on this, no? This is one of my top ideas for how tech can help our causes
Wikipedia also helps a lot, I think. There might be other such ideas (because of inadequate equilibria), so if we find them, it might be a worthy use of EA founders+funds: A relatively easy way to provide a ton of value to society in a way that is hard (or maybe impossible) to monitize.
Is it tractable?
One might argue that the amount of misinformation in the world is decreasing, not increasing. Maybe we’re much more aware of it, which would be a good thing.
Lesswrong and the EA Forum are making progress on this, no? This is one of my top ideas for how tech can help our causes
Wikipedia also helps a lot, I think. There might be other such ideas (because of inadequate equilibria), so if we find them, it might be a worthy use of EA founders+funds: A relatively easy way to provide a ton of value to society in a way that is hard (or maybe impossible) to monitize.