Serious question. I’m speaking to college students next week. Suppose that instead of dissipating their energy on phantom causes (e.g. rape culture, or fighting “fascists” like me) they organized to change the world for the better. What are one or two causes they should pursue?
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Please teach them about Effective Altruism, and how to identify causes that are important, neglected, and tractable:https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/introduction-to-effective-altruism/ …
P.S. IMHO, the only causes that really matter involve trying to minimize existential risks, both biological and civilizational. Everything else is relatively unimportant in the grand scheme. E.g. AI value alignment is about 10 to the 20th power more important than recycling.
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Every citizen can call upon politicians to take it seriously and direct more research money to it.
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I think he's wrong about GMOs, but I don't know enough to make a strong bet either way.
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Would the spread of Islam, including non-violent Islam, not be an existential risk? Case in point: Western Europe
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It may be a risk, but it's not a neglected problem, and it's not clearly tractable.
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