My feed is filled with bad news, which is my fault for using the fediverse as a news feed, but it made me wonder: Which organisations, groups or individual people in the world are doing the most good for our world? I’m particularly interested in those who manage to do good on a larger impact scale (quantity or quality), but if the unknown person on your street who fosters kittens is a great example, I’d love to hear about them too.
Mr. Rogers told me to look for the helpers in times of trouble. Tell me about your favorite helpers!
The effective altruists try to do the most good with each dollar by focusing on the cause where the most lives per $ can be saved. Believe malaria seems to be a favorite cause there.
Somebody will know more than me on this and I’m sure there’s some controversy too.
Nah, it’s a scam if you look into it. They spend it all on “AI Safety” and “Existential Risk” bullshit.
It’s a shame as the general concept is cool with microloans and crowd-funding, etc. but it’s really been taken over by that crowd.
Rich people: I wanna help the world
Experts: That's fantastic! Here are some issues
where we could really-
Rich people: Nah. I want to help the world my own way.
Experts: Okay, well I hope it uplifts people out
of pov-
Rich people: Yep. But specifically people Z.
Experts: Huh. But what about A,B,C-
Rich people: Nah. Just Z. People Z already work for me.
Experts: …well, I guess it's better than nothing.
Rich people: I'm a good person
Experts: …
