I think one possible point against tractability is that many countries have been trying to work on similar things as a means to increase population.
However, the flip side to this is that if you were to come up with a clever intervention, these countries could act as large non-EA buyers.
I remember seeing some other writing on dating apps in general. I think among smart tech people I know there is some agreement that dating apps could be improved a whole lot. That said, it is difficult to make money from them, so it’s not incredibly exciting as a business venture.
Just want to second this, I think it’s a pretty well-known issue in the industry. Dating apps that do incredibly well at setting up people on dates will get little use (because they typically charge monthly rates, and will get to charge fewer months if the customer is happy and leaves quickly). It’s possibly a very large market failure.
I could imagine a hypothetical app that was able to charge a lot more initially (Like, $2,000) but did a much better job. Of course, one issue with this is that these apps need a lot of users, so this could be really difficult.
I think it could be possible to figure out a solution here, but I imagine the solution may be 2/3rds payment/economic-innovation.
Perhaps an idea solution would look something like a mix between personal guidance and online support.
I think one possible point against tractability is that many countries have been trying to work on similar things as a means to increase population.
However, the flip side to this is that if you were to come up with a clever intervention, these countries could act as large non-EA buyers.
I remember seeing some other writing on dating apps in general. I think among smart tech people I know there is some agreement that dating apps could be improved a whole lot. That said, it is difficult to make money from them, so it’s not incredibly exciting as a business venture.
Some possibly relevant links:
https://www.quora.com/Are-there-countries-which-encourage-their-population-to-increase
https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/10/03/japans-state-owned-version-of-tinder
https://www.businessinsider.com/japanese-government-dating-services-2016-10?r=US&IR=T
https://www.vox.com/2016/5/23/11440638/child-benefit-child-allowance
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/33485/6-creative-ways-countries-have-tried-their-birth-rates
https://www.dw.com/en/france-moves-to-encourage-large-families/a-1720921
Dating apps and matching are not neglected, but for some reason this more deliberate experimental approach seems largely ignored.
Dating apps have misaligned incentives. A dating app run as a non profit could plausibly out compete on the metric of successful couple formation.
Just want to second this, I think it’s a pretty well-known issue in the industry. Dating apps that do incredibly well at setting up people on dates will get little use (because they typically charge monthly rates, and will get to charge fewer months if the customer is happy and leaves quickly). It’s possibly a very large market failure.
I could imagine a hypothetical app that was able to charge a lot more initially (Like, $2,000) but did a much better job. Of course, one issue with this is that these apps need a lot of users, so this could be really difficult.
I think it could be possible to figure out a solution here, but I imagine the solution may be 2/3rds payment/economic-innovation.
Perhaps an idea solution would look something like a mix between personal guidance and online support.
Another point against tractability is that you’re in some important ways directly fighting against evolution.