
Nine: Dave Denkenberger on feeding the world through catastrophes
Effective Altruism: Ten Global Problems – 80,000 Hours (October 2021)
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The Return on Investment of Investing in Alternate Foods
The cost per life saved, i think, went down something like one dollar per life. So it just, it pays back very quickly if you're saving lives at such a low cost. And and related to this, is kind of a speculative idea, which i did mention on t the e a forum post recently,. Is it possible, if we can't convince governments to do the preparedness them es, then some of that savings could come back to the e as? I don't know if this would work, but since it could be hard to get them to make that deal, listen to it Yes.
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