EA doesn’t do that kind of thing. The currently popular idea is buying malaria nets. I don’t think there’s a large indigenous malaria net industry that is being displaced by this.
You’re actually right—giving Africans free things can destroy the indigenous economy by making it hard for natives to make money—but not right about EA.
Being public does not provide accountability. Is Zuckerberg being held accountable for the Newark schools debacle? No. People are saying, “At least he tried.”
Here’s the thing.… We understand the idea of creative destruction in other realms but fail to see it when our attention is attracted, like a bull to the red cape, to the people who are suffering in the destruction phase. Propping up a dysfunctional system is worse than letting it fail and rebuilding entirely.
EA doesn’t do that kind of thing. The currently popular idea is buying malaria nets. I don’t think there’s a large indigenous malaria net industry that is being displaced by this.
You’re actually right—giving Africans free things can destroy the indigenous economy by making it hard for natives to make money—but not right about EA.
Ipse dixit and motivated reasoning.
Why not just be absolutely anonymous?
Accountability matters.
Being public does not provide accountability. Is Zuckerberg being held accountable for the Newark schools debacle? No. People are saying, “At least he tried.”
Here’s the thing.… We understand the idea of creative destruction in other realms but fail to see it when our attention is attracted, like a bull to the red cape, to the people who are suffering in the destruction phase. Propping up a dysfunctional system is worse than letting it fail and rebuilding entirely.