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> more accessible and fun than deworming

It makes sense. We know how to deworm. That is an execution problem. The ones I find more interesting are in planning stages, such as how to we fix or supersede capitalism, how do we mitigate climate change, how do we persuade people in power those things need to be done before the problem is so big it becomes intractable.

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Actually it's very controversial if we should spend marginal resources on deworming. It may have very large economic benefits, but the evidence isn't clear (https://unherd.com/2020/08/what-worms-can-teach-us-about-the... has some details).

"It's interesting to discuss until I actually have to do it", the lament of incompetent dilettantes throughout history.

EAs have donated tens of millions of dollars to deworming charities

There isn’t much to discuss about it. It’s already in execution phase and the biggest issues are logistics. There are people who are interested in that, but discussions on things that are still conceptual is usually a lot more interesting and challenging.

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