Hello Wei Lun! Thanks very much for that feedback and the kind words. I've had little feedback on anything I've written to the The Pulp and the Pit as I have not really "launched" it per se but likely will soon as I've been working on essays.

I enjoyed reading about your plans to promote those values that matter so much to you and the rest of us here. Wishing you luck in your hopes to find a country to grow with.

After coming back to that short essay I wrote on "The Goods Of The Human Saga" I've edited it for greater clarity. I also added a subtitle to help guide: Stories. Connection. Altruism. I really appreciate the time aarongertler took to give some thoughts on it. I had sent it to Givewell to get their take on it as well and used their suggestions.

I don't post much here but that this forum exists and this resource is available is a wonderful thing.

-Thanks, Tom

Thanks for the feedback and the links. I'll check them out. I'm likely guilty here of overly poetic language and I should keep it in check so that it doesn't distract from the message. Your point about my language: 'our women', is worth some thought on my part and I'll give it that.

Your comments were sincerely appreciated. Thanks for taking the time.

It's only 145 pages and very interesting imo. Well worth the short read. I love the concept of interventions that pay for themselves. An insecticide treated bed net for 5$ including delivery, on average, pays for itself by preventing malaria and fostering a culture with less societal burden down the road; less hospital costs for the sick, more taxes generated by healthy workers; healthy kids from those parents; etc. An economically virtuous circle.

Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Nobel-Laureates-Smartest-Targets-2016-2030/dp/1940003113

Thanks, Milan. I think the economics are such that the return does not necessarily go to the person/org that donated the money. The 24$ return per 1$ invested is seen in sustainable fisheries and the taxes they generate; in generating tourism for that region and all the jobs and auxiliary benefits, taxes, decreased welfare spending, etc. So it's a great return but does not accrue to the donor, per se. But it's a great investment for governments and for charities that are looking to maximize well-being.

Other examples from the book have "family planning/sex education" as a 120$ return per 1$ invested. Campaigns against malaria as 36$:1. And these ideas are vetted, calculated by teams of economists trying to decide where the trillions of dollars that will be spent on aid over the next 15 years.

Does that make sense?

If anyone found this useful I could use a couple karma points to start threads in the regular forum. Thanks. :) -Tom

New here. Hoping to get some karma points so that I can ask specific questions for the local community development project I have planned.

I just finished reading "The Nobel Laureates' Guide To The Smartest Targets For The World" and can not find the specific methods that can be employed to achieve the proposed targets. For example: with regard to coral reef loss, if the research is accurate and there is a 24$ economic return for every 1$ spent, through what organizations or processes can this be achieved? The specific dollar figure must imply that the process is known. Is there a separate resource of footnotes that describe how to achieve those returns? The short book was very interesting as a navigation tool towards the initiatives that may have the greatest economic return and resultant prosperity for humankind.

Thanks for any insights if you get the chance. -Tom