"The huge majority of the world is very poor. The poorer half of the world, almost 4 billion people, live on less than $6.70 a day. If you live on $30 a day you are part of the richest 15% of the world ($30 a day roughly corresponds to the pover
Yes, but not enough, I suspect.
Also there seems to be an imbalance between different EA cause areas in terms of “how much work there currently is on policy and systemic change”. Reading the post titles under the policy tag may help one notice this.
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Thanks for sharing! I haven't had a chance to dive super deep though the piece on improving institutions was very theoretical. Here's the direct link to the comment I left on that post in case you're at all curious.
Also a random tech support-ish q that I'm not sure where to put. How does one do something like the "improving institutions" with the little circle so that all the forum posts under that topic pop up? Also a meta q: where one direct these types of getting starting tech support q's? Thanks!
Lastly regarding the articles you sent, how does "practicing compassion and generosity with those around us" get operationalized in the EA community?
I like the following article as a summary of what's going on in terms of why people don't focus on local altruism: Global economic inequality: what matters most for your living conditions is not who you are, but where you are. There's also this article from 2021: Don't we spend too much on foreign aid already?
- "The huge majority of the world is very poor. The poorer half of the world, almost 4 billion people, live on less than $6.70 a day. If you live on $30 a day you are part of the richest 15% of the world ($30 a day roughly corresponds to the pover
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