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Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation by lostdog on Tuesday May 10, 2022 @08:17PM (#31334325)
- Buying rainforest land and paying locals to guard it. - Greening energy production in developing countries. Their electrical grids are already unstable, so even improving energy just when the sun is shining could help. - Research into oceanic biologic collapse. - Finding and destroying illegal fishing operations. (Heck, make an AI boat do it, and you'll drum up even more support for AI alignment).
Re:Effective altruism and the current funding situation by riezebos on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @07:46AM (#31338482)
The first point is exactly what I donated to for a few years based on an EA recommendation 10 years ago!