An Effective Altruist‘s Guide to New Ideas
These are my rankings of the world’s top 20 problems and 100 potential solutions.
- Three of my startups, Utopic, Labdoor, and Air to All, are based on these ideas.
- I want to invest my time, money, and passion into all 100 solutions in my lifetime.
I’m writing one chapter on each of these 120+ ideas. This will be a book when it’s all done!
- See: Table of Contents
- Status: 39 of 120+ chapters complete!
Our mission is to solve all of these world’s biggest problems together!
- There are way too many important problems in the world for any one person to solve.
- I’m sharing these ideas so we can get more people organized around all of these problems!
Are you working on one of these problems or solutions? I want to talk with you!
- Tweet or DM me @neilthanedar and tell me what you’re building!
- I’m writing this book in public to inspire more people to work on these problems together transparently.
Contents:
Introduction: The Good Future
Problem #1: Money
- Solution #1: Effective Altruism
- Solution #2: Founder Accelerator
- Idea: Utopic Ventures
- Solution #3: Personal Capital
- Startup: Utopic Studio
- Solution #4: Disrupt Venture Capital
- Solution #5: ISAs for Everything
- Idea: UMICH 2050
Problem #2: Ambition
- Solution #6: Effective Immigration
- Solution #7: Ambitious Optimists
- Idea: Utopic Live
- Solution #8: Everyday Activism
- Solution #9: Nonprofit Startups
- Solution #10: YC for Nonprofits
- Idea: Utopic Foundation
Problem #3: Access
- Solution #11: Startup Investing for All
- Idea: End Accredited Investor Laws
- Solution #12: Open Patents
- Solution #13: Open Access Movement
- Solution #14: OpenAI for Data
- Solution #15: Decentralized Banking
Problem #4: Abundance
- Solution #16: Pro-Growth Progressives
- Idea: Abundance Agenda (Derek Thompson)
- Idea: A Liberalism That Builds (Ezra Klein)
- Solution #17: Public Manufacturing
- Idea: Let The Government Manufacture Generic Drugs (Elizabeth Warren)
- Idea: Universal Food Security
- Solution #18: Legalize All Housing
- Solution #19: YC for Manufacturing
- Solution #20: Arsenal of Progress
- Idea: Detroit vs. Shenzhen
Problem #5: Attention
- Solution #21: Real Real GDP
- Solution #22: Long-Term News
- Solution #23: Independent Auditors
- Solution #24: Build A Third Brain
- Solution #25: Open Metaverse
Problem #6: Freedom
- Solution #26: Cryptocountries
- Solution #27: DAOs for Everything
- Solution #28: Zero-Knowledge Services
- Solution #29: The Rise of Pseudonyms
- Solution #30: Distributed Internet
Problem #7: Authoritarianism
- Solution #31: AI Alignment
- Solution #32: Unbundle The Police
- Solution #33: Civil Justice Reforms
- Solution #34: Satyagraha Club
- Solution #35: Pax Internet
Problem #8: Politics
- Solution #36: Fight The Two-Party System
- Idea: Abolish The Electoral College
- Idea: End Gerrymandering
- Idea: Ranked-Choice Voting
- Solution #37: Independents Movement
- Idea: We Need An Alternative to Political Parties
- Solution #38: Open Campaign Finance
- Idea: Public Campaign Financing
- Idea: OpenSecrets for All Spending
- Solution #39: YC for Politics
- Solution #40: Make Voting Public
- Idea: Cryptographic Voting
Problem #9: Government
- Solution #41: New Efficiency Movement
- Idea: How to Fix the FDA
- Solution #42: End Regulatory Capture
- Idea: Open Public Contracts
- Solution #43: Public Ventures
- Idea: 43North for Detroit
- Solution #44: Digital Dollars
- Solution #45: New Bill of Rights
Problem #10: Science
- Solution #46: YC for Biotech
- Solution #47: Scientist CEOs
- Solution #48: Biotech 2.0
- Solution #49: The Next Genentech
- Solution #50: OpenAI for Science
Problem #11: Environment
- Solution #51: Pro-Social Environmentalism
- Solution #52: Commodify Detoxification
- Idea: Carbon Removal
- Idea: Commodify Desalination
- Solution #53: Petrochemical Alternatives
- Solution #54: Play Defense on Earth
- Idea: Defend Arctic Ice Sheet
- Idea: Protect Amazon Rainforest
- Idea: Clean Up Great Lakes
- Solution #55: Expand Into Outer Space
- Idea: Space Manufacturing
Problem #12: Energy
- Solution #55: Moore’s Law for Everything
- Idea: Keep Commodifying Solar
- Idea: Keep Commodifying Batteries
- Solution #56: Normalize Elemental Energy
- Idea: Commodify Nuclear Fusion
- Solution #58: Reinvent Appliances
- Idea: Modern HVAC
- Idea: Electric Kitchen
- Solution #59: Decentralize Utilities
- Solution #60: Commodify Energy
- Idea: Electricity Too Cheap To Meter
Problem #13: Education
- Solution #61: Universal Preschool
- Solution #62: Montessori K-12 Schools
- Solution #63: Microschool Platforms
- Solution #64: Full-Stack Schools
- Solution #65: MOOCs for Everything
Problem #14: Healthcare
- Solution #66: Universal Healthcare
- Solution #67: Nonprofit Therapeutics
- Startup: Air to All
- Solution #68: Decentralized Clinical Trials
- Solution #69: Personalized Medicine
- Solution #70: Consumer Diagnostics
Problem #15: Depression
- Solution #71: Hyperthymic Antidepressants
- Solution #72: Trusted Therapy Network
- Solution #73: Secure Firearms
- Solution #74: AA for Everything
- Solution #75: AI as Companion
Problem #16: Safety
- Solution #76: Decentralized FDA
- Solution #77: Independent Testing
- Startup: Labdoor
- Solution #78: Crypto Certifications
- Idea: TEST
- Solution #79: Ban Carcinogens
- Solution #80: Ban Endocrine Disruptors
Problem #17: Mittelstands
- Solution #81: Indie Startups
- Solution #82: YC for Mittelstands
- Solution #83: Seed-Stage Private Equity
- Solution #84: 0% Interest Business Loans
- Solution #85: Fractionalize Everything
Problem #18: Peace
- Solution #86: Global Biosecurity
- Solution #87: International Peace Corps
- Solution #88: Sanctuary Countries
- Solution #89: Legalize Psychedelics
- Solution #90: Utopiaforming
Problem #19: History
- Solution #91: Recreate Ancient Foods
- Solution #92: Modern Ethnobiology
- Solution #93: Record All Languages
- Solution #94: Record Many Histories
- Solution #95: Open World Library
Problem #20: Exploration
- Solution #96: Commodify Space Travel
- Solution #97: New ISS
- Solution #98: New Hubble
- Solution #99: Map Our Universe
- Solution #100: ISS Enterprise
