Effective altruism seems to focus like a laser on the most valuable problems for human suffering, but what if we extend the metaphor further, and to increase the impact make it a pulse laser? (Part of my inspiration was debt jubilees) I think this could have a few effects:
Many issues can be solved with large piles of cash that can’t be solved with smaller ones, such as building a well vs importing water
on the donor side, it could be a Schelling point. Hey, those EA folks only come around every few years, now I can blow off other donors the rest of the time and signal sophistication in my philanthropy
some problems, such as poverty, have a web like network, and would benefit from being solved in tandem rather than piecemeal
Pulse charity:
Effective altruism seems to focus like a laser on the most valuable problems for human suffering, but what if we extend the metaphor further, and to increase the impact make it a pulse laser? (Part of my inspiration was debt jubilees) I think this could have a few effects:
Many issues can be solved with large piles of cash that can’t be solved with smaller ones, such as building a well vs importing water
on the donor side, it could be a Schelling point. Hey, those EA folks only come around every few years, now I can blow off other donors the rest of the time and signal sophistication in my philanthropy
some problems, such as poverty, have a web like network, and would benefit from being solved in tandem rather than piecemeal