James_Miller comments on Fighting Mosquitos - Less Wrong

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 17 October 2014 06:48:27PM 0 points [-]

Which, although I initially pooh poohed it, could be a transformative idea.

Are there any teams and competitions in effective altruism? Rankings? Keeping track of who is winning? Rivalries?

I've been playing Ingress for a while, and all the effort both sides are putting in for nothing nags at me. Time spent on sports, or politics, nags at me.

If we harnessed that "team spirit" toward actually producing value in the world, that would make a very different world.

Altruism Sport. Go team go. Rah Rah Rah.

And back to James, sure, you'd probably want to appeal to the Red team, appeal to the Blue team, and also appeal to the antidivisive We as well. Play all the messages to all the markets.

Comment author: James_Miller 17 October 2014 10:11:22PM 5 points [-]

If it is transformative, Scott Alexander deserves the credit.