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Frustrated by the actors are not incentivized to contribute towards the public good argument

  • e.g. the UK is 1/100 of the world, so they only get 1/100 of the benefit on 100% effort
  • that's not how it works, this assumes a fixed benefit the more people contribute. The benefit is proportional to the amount people contribute, maintaining an incentive to actors to act
  • The existence and spread of this fallacy I think contributes to the problem more
The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity