I don’t agree with the current negative score for this post. It might not be particularly tractable, but just on account of its population (circa 13 million), Palestine is both important and has enough scale. Further, thinking about the issue might lead one to come up with tractable ways to influence the Israel-Palestinian conflict, or with high-value actions that a high-ranking US State official might take on other issues.
I’m going to a more detailed post on this when I have time, but I think we should be more stringent in thinking of EA’s priority cause areas as problems with cost-effective interventions that are easier to find, and other areas as problems with cost-effective interventions that are harder to find.
I think some people might have downvoted on the basis of “the Israel-Palestine conflict doesn’t seem like it should be a priority EA cause area” (which I’d agree with), rather than “this intervention doesn’t seem cost-effective”.
I don’t agree with the current negative score for this post. It might not be particularly tractable, but just on account of its population (circa 13 million), Palestine is both important and has enough scale. Further, thinking about the issue might lead one to come up with tractable ways to influence the Israel-Palestinian conflict, or with high-value actions that a high-ranking US State official might take on other issues.
I’m going to a more detailed post on this when I have time, but I think we should be more stringent in thinking of EA’s priority cause areas as problems with cost-effective interventions that are easier to find, and other areas as problems with cost-effective interventions that are harder to find.
I think some people might have downvoted on the basis of “the Israel-Palestine conflict doesn’t seem like it should be a priority EA cause area” (which I’d agree with), rather than “this intervention doesn’t seem cost-effective”.