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Maybe they're not trying very hard.
I'm actually seriously disappointed in how hard we're trying. I saw the discussion start in the comments of the "shut up and divide" thread. I came here expecting people to be all over it like ants on a picnic. Instead, there actually appears to be more thought going into spinning theories about why it would be hard than plans for doing it, and none of it really compares to all the serious thinking about TDT, MWI, or "Free Will."
Of course it's hard. The point is not that it's easy, but that it's relatively easy considering how much money is involved.
Here's my own halfharted stab:
This meme needs
GiveWell shows four charities with its top rating:
Village Reach is the winner, as far as the cause moving people. Saving babies in Africa trumps treating TB worldwide and educating mothers or children in the US. (Nurse-Family Partnership sends nurses to teach mothers how to be mothers.)
For the slogan, how about: "Save babies on Craigslist."
EDIT: links, spelling
GiveWell exists because most charity goes horribly awry since it is based on impulsive fuzzy-based giving that pays attention to the 'do something' and 'warm fuzzies' factors, and doesn't focus on maximizing impact. Doing something like this carefully could easily move it orders of magnitude in expected impact, and such care could be prevented with a rush of impulsive moves that poison the waters and favor a relatively inefficient approach even if successful in moving money.