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’m writing one post on each of these 120 ideas. This will be a book when it’s all done!
Mission: Solve The World’s Biggest Problems!
- 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: Maximize Human Potential
- Solution #1: Effective Altruism
- Solution #2: Personal Capital
- Startup: Utopic Studio
- Solution #3: Founder Accelerator
- Idea: Utopic Ventures
- Solution #4: Ambitious Optimists
- Idea: Utopic Live
- Solution #5: Effective Immigration
Problem #2: Democratize Abundance
- Solution #6: Open Patents
- Solution #7: YC for Manufacturing
- Solution #8: Public Ventures
- Idea: 43North for Detroit
- Solution #9: Arsenal of Progress
- Idea: Detroit vs. Shenzhen
- Solution 10: Universal Food Security
Problem #3: Protect Individual Liberties
- Solution #11: Cryptocountries
- Solution #12: DAOs for Everything
- Solution #13: Zero-Knowledge Services
- Solution #14: The Rise of Pseudonyms
- Solution #15: Distributed Internet
Problem #4: Counter Authoritarianism
- Solution #16: Pax Internet
- Solution #17: Satyagraha Club
- Solution #18: Unbundle The Police
- Solution #19: Civil Justice Reforms
- Solution #20: Open Metaverse
Problem #5: End Poverty
- Solution #21: Rise of Human Jobs
- Solution #22: Social Investments
- Solution #23: Federal Job Guarantees
- Solution #24: International Peace Corps
- Solution #25: Peak (and Decline) Population
Problem #6: Optimize Science For Good
- Solution #26: Commodify Detoxification
- Solution #27: OpenAI for Biology
- Solution #28: DNA Composer
- Solution #29: Commodify Lab Testing
- Solution #30: Petrochemical Alternatives
Problem #7: Scale Clean Energy Cheaply
- Solution #31: Commodify Decarbonization
- Solution #32: Normalize Nuclear Energy
- Solution #33: Decentralized Utilities
- Solution #34: Modern HVAC
- Solution #35: Moore’s Law for Everything
Problem #8: Scale Quality Education Cheaply
- Solution #36: Universal Preschool
- Solution #37: Personalized Learning
- Solution #38: Microschool Platform
- Solution #39: Full-Stack Schools
- Solution #40: ISAs for Everyone
- Idea: UMICH 2050
Problem #9: Scale Quality Healthcare Cheaply
- Solution #41: Universal Healthcare
- Solution #42: Nonprofit Therapeutics
- Startup: Air to All
- Solution #43: Decentralized Clinical Trials
- Solution #44: Personalized Medicine
- Solution #45: Consumer Diagnostics
Problem #10: Optimize Government for Good
- Solution #46: Redistribute Spending
- Solution #47: New Bill of Rights
- Solution #48: Open Public Contracts
- Solution #49: Independent Auditors
- Solution #50: Digital Dollars
Problem #11: Scale Quality Information Cheaply
- Solution #51: OpenAI for Data
- Solution #52: Open Access Movement
- Solution #53: Decentralized Hosting
- Solution #54: Long-Term News
- Solution #55: Build A Third Brain
Problem #12: Prevent Suicides
- Solution #56: Hyperthymic Antidepressants
- Solution #57: Secure Firearms
- Solution #58: Trusted Therapy Network
- Solution #59: AA for Everything
- Solution #60: AI as Companion
Problem #13: Defend Air and Water
- Solution #61: Defend Antarctic Ice Sheet
- Solution #62: Protect Amazon Rainforest
- Solution #63: Defend Great Lakes
- Solution #64: Commodify Desalination
- Solution #65: Filtering Faucet
Problem #14: Regulate Supply Chain
- Solution #66: Decentralized FDA
- Solution #67: Independent Testing
- Startup: Labdoor
- Solution #68: Crypto Certifications
- Idea: TEST
- Solution #69: Ban Carcinogens
- Solution #70: Ban Endocrine Disruptors
Problem #15: Recruit Independents into Politics
- Solution #71: Ranked Voting
- Solution #72: Cryptographic Voting
- Solution #73: YC for Politicians
- Solution #74: Independents Movement
- Solution #75: End Majority Rule
Problem #16: Promote Independent Businesses
- Solution #76: Indie Startups
- Solution #77: Fractionalize Everything
- Solution #78: YC for Mittelstands
- Solution #79: Open Crowdfunding
- Solution #80: 0% Interest Business Loans
Problem #17: Value Impact > Labor > Capital
- Solution #81: Real Real GDP
- Solution #82: Open Banking Platform
- Solution #83: Nonprofit Startups
- Solution #84: YC for Nonprofits
- Solution #85: Everyday Activism
Problem #18: Promote Peace
- Solution #86: Universalism
- Solution #87: Utopiaforming
- Solution #88: Demilitarize Earth
- Solution #89: Sanctuary Countries
- Solution #90: Legalize Psychedelics
Problem #19: Study History
- Solution #91: Record All Languages
- Solution #92: Record Many Histories
- Solution #93: Open World Library
- Solution #94: Modern Ethnobiology
- Solution #95: Recreate Ancient Foods
Problem #20: Explore the Universe
- Solution #96: Commodify Space Travel
- Solution #97: New ISS
- Solution #98: New Hubble
- Solution #99: Map Our Universe
- Solution #100: ISS Enterprise
