One possible source of confusion here is that EA grantmakers and (in the report) Rethink Priorities tend to think of charter cities (and for that matter, climate change) as a near-/medium- termist intervention in global health and development, whereas perhaps other EAs or EA-adjacent folks (including yourself?) think of it as a longtermist intervention.
One possible source of confusion here is that EA grantmakers and (in the report) Rethink Priorities tend to think of charter cities (and for that matter, climate change) as a near-/medium- termist intervention in global health and development, whereas perhaps other EAs or EA-adjacent folks (including yourself?) think of it as a longtermist intervention.