RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @AppalledHamster: Some people can understand that second order consequences exist and some people simply can't. Sadly, the western brai…
RT @ryancbriggs: I see this 2020 article is being circulated again as if EAs didn’t consider this issue years ago and as if EAs haven’t als…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @PstafarianPrice: New EA cause: take back the mosquito nets (for those not seeing the issue: finer-than-fishing-net nets don't have big…
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
RT @8teAPi: Bro weren’t they also trying to prevent animal extinction? EAs are so annoying… they’ll always tell you they can predict stuff…
RT @8teAPi: Bro weren’t they also trying to prevent animal extinction? EAs are so annoying… they’ll always tell you they can predict stuff…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
Some people can understand that second order consequences exist and some people simply can't. Sadly, the western brain trust seems to be firmly in the latter camp themselves now.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @x3notrope: "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day; give a man a net and he'll destroy entire ecosystems"
"Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day; give a man a net and he'll destroy entire ecosystems"
Mosquitos were the good guys in Africa.
RT @PstafarianPrice: New EA cause: take back the mosquito nets (for those not seeing the issue: finer-than-fishing-net nets don't have big…
RT @kopalo: The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of…
Mosquito nets were EA’s most shining success. Turns out people use them to fish and destroy ecosystems. I wish more folks read @bill_easterly’s ‘Elusive Quest for Growth’ on how we’ve failed time and again to end poverty thinking we knew what’s good for
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @8teAPi: Bro weren’t they also trying to prevent animal extinction? EAs are so annoying… they’ll always tell you they can predict stuff…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
This is why I’m a no intervention maximalist when it comes to economies etc. The PhDs will think they know the 2nd, 3rd & 4th degree effects but be wrong 95% of the time as the world is mostly unpredictable.
RT @kopalo: The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @kopalo: The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of…
RT @PstafarianPrice: New EA cause: take back the mosquito nets (for those not seeing the issue: finer-than-fishing-net nets don't have big…
Bro weren’t they also trying to prevent animal extinction? EAs are so annoying… they’ll always tell you they can predict stuff like this and assign probabilities and value (that’s negative are) they’ll say. Truly no respect for the unpredictability of r
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
a certain group of people right now: https://t.co/gYHmdVgWjt
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @PstafarianPrice: New EA cause: take back the mosquito nets (for those not seeing the issue: finer-than-fishing-net nets don't have big…
RT @PstafarianPrice: New EA cause: take back the mosquito nets (for those not seeing the issue: finer-than-fishing-net nets don't have big…
RT @kopalo: The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of…
RT @kopalo: The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of…
There has to be some kind of phenomenon to describe people who read an abstract and arrive at a conclusion without context surrounding the paper (or realization that the EAs have known this years before this paper yet weighed the cost-benefit worth saving
RT @kopalo: The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of…
RT @kopalo: The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
Unintended uses of products can be pivotal, just fun, or catastrophic as in @pmarca ‘s example. A reminder to gather field data and observe customer behavior directly, not just relying on initial research.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @kopalo: The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of…
"What are third order effects?"
"What are third-order effects?"
"What‘s a third-order effect?"
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
The discourse around this article is a reminder of the severe limits of doing development through remote charity & the folly of high scientism in the development process. (I wish I had the time to write more about this).
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
We are gonna find out that shrimps are temporary holding organisms for human souls en route to a new life and each day they live is a day that human is denied sentient life
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
I see this 2020 article is being circulated again as if EAs didn’t consider this issue years ago and as if EAs haven’t also pushed other approaches like vaccines & gene-drives. Some people are very committed to feeling noble for standing by.
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
New EA cause: take back the mosquito nets (for those not seeing the issue: finer-than-fishing-net nets don't have big wholes under-ripe fish can swim through. You get ALL fish. Delicious today, population-depletion famine tomorrow)
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
Turns out trying to directly optimize impact leads to this.
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
Another L for Effective Altruism. They’re still giving money to people in Yemen “regardless of their tribe, religion, sex, and political beliefs.” https://t.co/dAqBJ5Otkz
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: It is very, very hard to intervene in other people's lives -- particularly from a distance -- and not make things worse.
RT @pmarca: "We conclude that the use of mosquito nets for fishing may contribute to food insecurity, greater poverty and the loss of ecosy…