[Article] “How to compare global problems for yourself” by Benjamin Todd

If you want to do your own research into which problems are pressing, below is a process you can work through. It's one stage of our full career planning process and accompanying planning template. Creating your own ranking of pressing problems according to your values and beliefs about the world is a lot of work, but it can also be really worthwhile, especially because it can give you more of an inside understanding of different global issues. You can also do a bit of both -- doing some of your own research and also sometimes deferring to others' reasoning.

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Outline:

(01:04) Reflect on your values and worldview

(04:21) Learn about frameworks for comparing global problems

(05:14) Generate ideas for top problems

(06:27) Narrow down (some)

(07:51) Further reading

(07:57) Read next

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First published:
September 15th, 2021

Source:
https://80000hours.org/articles/comparing-problems-yourself

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