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Nov 2024: Randomness, Doubts and War #955
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Randomness, Doubts and War
written by Aurélie
Drowning Doubts
When I think of Peter Singer, the drowning child experiment is the first thing that comes to my mind. He also argues against prioritizing help for affluent neighbors over distant people in need. Let Peter reset your moral compass.
Truly Random
Helping one person means not helping another, so the selection process is a challenge. We make a pool of eligible individuals in poverty with our partner NGOs. Then we randomly select recipients using some crazy math. It’s all nicely presented on this new selection page.
If you’re into key derivation functions, click here. If you’re a normal human, click here.
Tax War
It’s one thing to discuss solutions to inequality; it’s another to address its roots. Unfair tax systems are a major factor, and powerfully illustrated in the movie Tax War. Look for the moment when US President Joe Biden points out:
“Fifty-five of the largest corporations in America made $40 billion in profits and paid zero federal taxes—zero?!”
Short on time? Watch Rutger shout Taxes, taxes, taxes to millionaires at the WEF.
Mars Sucks
For Mars fans among us, this video gets straight to the point: Let’s care for our own planet first before dreaming about colonizing others. And above all, let’s first take care of the people who call Earth home. So saddle up, space cowboys. It may get bumpy for a while.
Did you know that our moon rotates around the sun instead of the Earth?
My World in Data
2 undecillion
A Russian court fined Google two undecillion roubles for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube. In dollar terms, that means the tech giant has been told to pay $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
I wish our fundraiser with Ismatu could achieve such dizzying heights.
1.36 Billion
The power of cash transfers became clearer than ever during Covid. 1.36 billion individuals worldwide, or one in six people, received at least one cash transfer payment. About half of the population of East Asia and North America were covered, and about one-tenth of Africa.
1.62
In 2023, the U.S. fertility rate dropped to an all-time low of 1.62 children per woman, well below the replacement rate of 2.1 that would keep the population size constant. Even with massive subsidies, birth rates globally aren’t budging. Turns out, the real question isn’t “Can I afford a baby?” but “What’s the point of one?”
My World in News
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