It’s interesting because you would intuitively think this, but there is actually not terrible evidence linking periods of economic growth to increased mortality.
Wow that is fascinating. It does make the case harder to make because you have to start quantifying happiness/depression, etc and trade off against lives. Much much harder to simplify enough to make it viral. Updates towards capitalism being horrible.
Is non-profit funding really that inelastic in depression?
It probably varies quite a bit by sector, and where funding comes from for different non-profits. In the case of AI safety I think it’s likely more inelastic than AI capability.
Wow that is fascinating. It does make the case harder to make because you have to start quantifying happiness/depression, etc and trade off against lives. Much much harder to simplify enough to make it viral. Updates towards capitalism being horrible.
It probably varies quite a bit by sector, and where funding comes from for different non-profits. In the case of AI safety I think it’s likely more inelastic than AI capability.