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’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”.