dankane comments on Taking Effective Altruism Seriously - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 08 June 2015 06:00:06AM 2 points [-]

I think the vast majority of utils created in sub-saharan africa are a byproduct of wealth created elsewhere.

Comment author: dankane 08 June 2015 06:20:21AM 1 point [-]

That may be true (at least to the degree to which it is sensible to assign a specific cause to a given util). However, it is not very good evidence that investment in first world economies is the most effective way to generate utils in Africa.