Isn’t it a distribution problem? World hunger has almost disappeared however. (The issue is hungrier nations have more kids, so progress is a bit hidden).
Wikipedia: in 2023, there were 733 million people suffering from hunger. That’s 9% of the population. Most of these people just don’t have the money to buy food. That’s a ‘distribution problem’, for money, in the sense that we don’t give it to them. Also, world hunger is actually rising again..
A lot of them are trapped in corrupt systems that are very costly and have ethics concerns blocking change. We have the money to feed them, but it would take far more money to turn a bunch of African countries into stable democracies. Overthrowing dictatorships might also raise ethics concerns about colonialism.
The easiest solution would just be lots of immigration, but host population reject that because of our evolutionary pecularities.
I agree that changing systems is difficult. But providing basic means isn’t, really. I personally think we should feed starving people even if they live in a dictatorship.
Isn’t it a distribution problem? World hunger has almost disappeared however. (The issue is hungrier nations have more kids, so progress is a bit hidden).
Wikipedia: in 2023, there were 733 million people suffering from hunger. That’s 9% of the population. Most of these people just don’t have the money to buy food. That’s a ‘distribution problem’, for money, in the sense that we don’t give it to them. Also, world hunger is actually rising again..
Some more data: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ottobarten_about-700-million-people-in-the-world-cannot-activity-7266965529762873344-rvqK
We could easily solve this if we wanted to, but apparently we don’t. That’s one data point why I fear intent-aligned superintelligence.
A lot of them are trapped in corrupt systems that are very costly and have ethics concerns blocking change. We have the money to feed them, but it would take far more money to turn a bunch of African countries into stable democracies. Overthrowing dictatorships might also raise ethics concerns about colonialism.
The easiest solution would just be lots of immigration, but host population reject that because of our evolutionary pecularities.
I agree that changing systems is difficult. But providing basic means isn’t, really. I personally think we should feed starving people even if they live in a dictatorship.
The point is the money or food just won’t get to them. How do you send food to a region in a civil war between 2 dictators?