100%! I’ve been trying to look at how to frame the EA conversation for our Tz chapter, not just for people who grew up here, but also for development workers who are already mostly aligned with the values of EA.
As an additional doctor into a developing country doesn’t equate to the marginal value of how much better that doctor is than you taking the place of someone else there is a much larger benefit as you’ve stated above. Living in rural Tanzania for years, you can see the benefit that (competent) doctors have to the community, and the answer is lots!
100%! I’ve been trying to look at how to frame the EA conversation for our Tz chapter, not just for people who grew up here, but also for development workers who are already mostly aligned with the values of EA.
As an additional doctor into a developing country doesn’t equate to the marginal value of how much better that doctor is than you taking the place of someone else there is a much larger benefit as you’ve stated above. Living in rural Tanzania for years, you can see the benefit that (competent) doctors have to the community, and the answer is lots!