Their list of the World's biggest problems was sort of shitty in my opinion.
- Solving overfishing
- Solving industrial slaving
- Solving capitalism (we know that we can't continue to grow like this without having a proper solution)
- Solving war
- Solving right to travel and stay where you want, global identity "Citizen of the world"
Note: Not in order
In other words, you cant just come along, open up shop, and build a better widget and take over the market. We'd need multiple simulations of earth to be realistcially competitive and scientific about this.
> We’ve been ... drawing together research from the University of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute; the Open Philanthropy Project (a foundation with billions of dollars of committed funds); the Copenhagen Consensus Center (a major think tank); and other groups.
It's not as though their analysis is pulled out of thin air.
The Open Philantropy Project is also unproven and the first anyone heard of them was when they made the news for deciding that one of the world's most deserving charities is the roommate of one of its founders.
The Copenhagen Consensus Center is a major think tank best known for downplaying climate change. I can see why they would provide validation to a bunch of tech bros who are also unconcerned about climate change because they're concerned about the sci-fi robocalypse.
You might as well have just listed Less Wrong on there.
I trust none of these people to decide how to change the world. Sorry.