As for me i really hate this lads, cause they bite all over my body even in places where any of my friends can’t see any of them. But even with that I don’t think that this problem is worth solving nowadays, because we have many more significant threats to attack.
I am quite surprised it occured in Rationality Forum, because Effective Altruism is highly supported here and one of it’s main credos is to be as effective as it can be and provide as much positive impact on society.
Talking about environment I suppose first we should make it more eco-friendly, finally get rid of fossil fuels and stop transforming the planet we live on into a heap of rubbish. When it’s settled we can take care of mosquitos (but only after many investigations that it won’t cause any effect on the food chain)
Suprise means your prior are likely to be wrong. Congratulation on having found an opportunity to update them in the right direction.
Talking about environment I suppose first we should make it more eco-friendly, finally get rid of fossil fuels and stop transforming the planet we live on into a heap of rubbish.
That’s not something you can buy with a few million. Effective Altruism is about focusing your efforts where you can actually get a good return for the money that’s spend. It’s not about listing problems and tackling the most “pressing” problem regardless the return that you get for your money.
In this case getting rid of mosquitoes via releasing large numbers of sterilized male mosquitoes might be done money that’s otherwise payed for anti-mosquito spray by individual people.
As for me i really hate this lads, cause they bite all over my body even in places where any of my friends can’t see any of them. But even with that I don’t think that this problem is worth solving nowadays, because we have many more significant threats to attack.
I am quite surprised it occured in Rationality Forum, because Effective Altruism is highly supported here and one of it’s main credos is to be as effective as it can be and provide as much positive impact on society.
Talking about environment I suppose first we should make it more eco-friendly, finally get rid of fossil fuels and stop transforming the planet we live on into a heap of rubbish. When it’s settled we can take care of mosquitos (but only after many investigations that it won’t cause any effect on the food chain)
Suprise means your prior are likely to be wrong. Congratulation on having found an opportunity to update them in the right direction.
That’s not something you can buy with a few million. Effective Altruism is about focusing your efforts where you can actually get a good return for the money that’s spend. It’s not about listing problems and tackling the most “pressing” problem regardless the return that you get for your money.
In this case getting rid of mosquitoes via releasing large numbers of sterilized male mosquitoes might be done money that’s otherwise payed for anti-mosquito spray by individual people.