Of all the problems facing humanity, which should we focus on solving first? In a compelling talk about how to make the world better, moral philosopher Will MacAskill provides a framework for answering this question based on the philosophy of "effective altruism" — and shares ideas for taking on three pressing global issues.
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Thanks for creating awareness
This video is 12 mins long and was uploaded 1 min ago yet I already see 12 comments saying how good the video is.
Cause some people alredy saw it on the ted website
Adding to Darth’s comment, when a video is uploaded, it doesn’t become visible to everyone around the world at the same time, the video has to be transferred to all the other local YouTube servers which takes time. Contrast that to comments which can be transferred to local servers much much faster. This is also an underlying reason why you can get a notification for a new upload having been published, but the video doesn’t show up for you in your subscriptions or their channel for several minutes (sometimes up to half an hour later).
I watch at 2x the speed B)
Ghosts bro
*T* – _technology_
*E* – _entertainment_
*D* – _design_
Wipe out all religion.
+Lone_Wolf too damn many stupid ppl.
Gentlemen, don’t you really see the irony here? Solomon Kane saying “Wipe out all religion”
Go read Robert Howard, if you don’t get it
Sheeps need religion or they will become crazy.
Better start with the oldest
And, yet another comparison. “Only 2% of War etc., so, that makes religion all warm and fuzzy, by comparison.” Sure, it does and your Mom’s Boobs are all light and fluffy, compared to my Grandmothers 120 year old Boobs
Money in politics, hands down.
Sir Davis money in politics has always been an issue. And it’s only possible if you want a true people’s Democracy were the poorest people can pay for expensive campaigns.
Ehmmm..(clears throat)
Corruption.
These people truely think big. Great ideas overall
Ethics needs to be taught in school.
Never gonna happen. School is prison
Also the certainty of Karma. We will get what we deserve. Never take a break from being good.
+Jee Jee Christian ethics: You must believe in Jesus inorder to go to heaven apart from that you can kill as many people you can as long as you have faith.
Not if it is taught, by a christian, it does not. Just because they purchased Bull, it does not mean everyone, else, has and/or should.
Of course it is “Is Bowsette a trap and are trap gay?”
Im pretty sure that is more a problem of elf identity then morality.
The big questions, is there a god, is there life after death and are traps gay. Perhaps in a millennia or two, mankind will have the answers to such thing and the dawn of enlightenment can begin.
+stu I hope so my friend, but for now let’s enjoy our new rule 34 overlord
genderbender =/= trap
Think about it. Why should the crown only change everything except Bowsers penis to female? Doesn’t make sense to me. Bowsette is clearly 100% female.
Easy joooos
and basketball Americans.
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This guy is WAY too optimistic. Human history is littered with examples of this juvenile species going backwards. For instance, the fall of Rome and the burning of the Library of Alexandria sent humanity back at least 1000 years.
The currently most powerful nation on earth, the USA, is devolving into Retardistan right before our eyes.
Atzin You are totally right, they *had*. Look how many nobel prizes they’ve received in the last decades.
wha wha wha …. take your meds !
+vanessa williams I absolutely would beautiful, but I’m a little busy trying to get you to do it first 😉
+Jana Ebert check history, America supported Taliban against USSR in Afghanistan. Supported and backed shah in Iran. Now west is the biggest Ally of Saudi Arabia. Killed Gaddafi for oil which strengthened Boko Haram. Removed most secular country in middle East by killing Sadaam. In Sadaam’s Iraq women used to drive trucks and promote science. You cannot say anything when you yourself have no morals.(check atheist sources) YouTube channel Shane Killian how to argue for war on terror. Check website jesusneverexisted.com
grow up and get a reality check i would suggest
All boils down to the fact that humans in general are untrustworthy. All start with a good intent, but slowly give in to the corruptible practices. Hats off to people like him for thinking on a macro perspective. I hope it triggers thoughts and reactions among the people in charge. 🙂
It’s weird how liberals are always saying “Don’t force your morals on me” but then they are always trying to force their morals on us.
+Paul Howard who forced you to comment?
*watches video of a guy trying to gently enforce positive change in the world*
“Ahhh no Will, stop forcing your morals on me! untie me from this chair”
Get a grip, if you’re not ideologically secure enough to listen to other people’s ideas, then don’t.
Connor Lynch Grow some balls and become a real man instead of the brainwashed feminized SJW you are.
Maybe if Conservative morals weren’t centered around “marginalize, maim, and murder anyone who isn’t like us” then liberals wouldn’t need to force social equality on everyone.
Malcolmbear Conservative morals aren’t centered around those things. You are just a loony delusional liberal soy boy. And you’re not for social equality. You’re for forcing your cultural Marxist agenda on society.
Joke aside, I think educational revolution might be a good idea
Edit: I doubt we can transform the world in just one generation, or best bet is to educate the younger generation properly and hope for the best, because from what I can see our current educational system is outdated and we also cannot ignore how parents is also a big factor for child mental growth which usually is beyond reach of school
Bad parenting is a big problem
Yeah, education is bad. No education on critical thinking, no education on why the scientific method works so well, no education on cognitive biases. Those are the basis of a properly functioning mind, and I bet that’s precisely why politicians want anything but to see people educated in that.
It’s much harder to manipulate critical thinkers.
にゃあエイリアンMeowAlien It usually takes 20 years to change the mindset and about another 30 to see changes.
There’s nothing worse than smug, pseudo-intellectual liberals who think Marxism and intersectionality are “educational revolution”.
+Finn MacCool why are you saying this? I see nobody arguing for those here…
I thought Altruism is sacrifice of one’s well being with an attempt to help another. Doesn’t that make those who are productive worst off, and those who need to get better on their own complicit as the more productive give them possible short-term assistance?
Yes, see ayn rand
Koceila A. It is indeed and it’s called socialism in its best form or communism at its worst in a political structure. Philanthropy is giving without the force of a gun to give to help others.
+Trout Mask sorry?
I believe another selection criteria should also be used:
Will the solution of a problem cause the creation of a worse problem, e.g. solve hunger then too many people.
Ethics Revolution + Industrial and Scientific Revolution = THE FUTURE … is now thanks to science(okay I’ll stop)
In my opinion the best change we could make would be to stop stoking the flames of division. There are many ways people are “taught” to dislike or even hate another group. You have racial divisions, you have religious divisions and you have economic divisions. Our media and societies in too many ways pit people against each other. Don’t teach a poor man to hate a rich man , teach him how to become prosperous. As kids we are much more prone to accepting others than to discriminate, clearly it is something that we are taught or witness.
It may not be the easiest thing to change but I do bet that if given a fair chance it would be easier than many people think.
No I’m not saying it would bring world peace but it would drastically lower violence while lowering war rates because it would be harder to sell the citizens on WHY to go to war.
You solve or even reduce the divisions between people and the other problems of the world will become MUCH MUCH easier to solve! That’s why I would start with that problem , the them vs us problem!
To simply love one another is a trait we are all taught already. We just need to take out the “exceptions”.
I’m so glad we are not all depressed and angry.
Our lack of Empathy for our fellow human being, no matter who or what they are, is and has been our most pressing moral problem since the dawn of civilization.
Don’t focus on solving “global health”, but rather focus on preventing it. Veganism is a step towards increased health, ethics, and effective altruism.