Very thoughtful and reflective. Comes across as a realist with a pragmatic/practical outlook.

I flew to Zanzibar, took the science and IT equipment with me, helped the principal and community build the library and IT centre, paid for 10 years of internet and then got back on the plane. I still get a yearly email from the Langoni Secondary school.

@onecupof_tea

7 ай бұрын

Internet access could be given free, to third world schools and universities. Companies like sky make billions from overcharging the West.

timestamps and my notes (please watch video Rory's exact wording): 7:33 Too many charities (e.g. 15,000 charities alone working on prisons in England & Wales) ... Everyone has good intentions, but problem is implementation (in particular the extraordinary LACK OF IMPACT large sums of money can have) 9:45 visited hundreds and hundreds of developmental projects in 45 countries in 30 years 11:08 #1 of 5 = capacity building model 12:24 #2 of 5 = problem of vanity of the wealthy 16:59 #3 of 5 = vested interest of the charities 17:42 #4 of 5 = tax payers and voters have expectations 18:59 #5 of 5 = psychological barrier to cash we carry 21:00 extreme poverty improvements in China since 1980, but opposite in Africa 24:40 170 billion spent on extreme poverty by governments and UN, but don't have recipe for doing it 28:51 why not more outspoken about being Christian, because developing 30:48 impressions of EA is revolutionary ... Compare to current standards (e.g. 130 million dollar program MAY HAVE improved economic conditions of only 52 women) 33:09 dangerous to rely only on spreadsheets because can conceal things 37:18 EA is incredible discipline to subject international development to (compared to current standards, have seen multiple 3 million dollar programs with 0 impact) 38:11 what Christian EAs can do to be helpful 40:28 more skeptical of direct cash solving homelessness in UK/US 43:53 how to balance ambition with biblical view of human fragility? 45:52 thoughts on factory farming

Thanks for the interview. Rory has given a very humane, pragmatic and genuine perspective

@innapearce4516

8 ай бұрын

​@CustardSpace I didn't vote 4 him, but now I believe I would... after going to his book launch. I knew nothing about him before... and nobody can be worse than BJ...🤔

Well said Rory Stewart.

Thank you so much to all the organisers and the speaker. I live in Africa specifically Tanzania. Sure it is hard but we are not stupid at all many of are educated now but can't really do anything without jobs or funds to start businesses

What a refreshing and on topic speech Rory. I am neither a Conservative or a Christian but I find myself agreeing with you pretty much always. Scary!😊

I spent 15 years coming up with various schemes to help people in Central America. After the first 5 it was obvious that cash to individuals with whom I’m in personal contact is the most efficient way to give. All others involve intermediaries with incentives to not solve problems.

Brilliant presentation. I'm glad i came across it

@Corolla97ww

10 ай бұрын

Me too.

Educate girls! That is the best place to start!

Thought provoking interview.

I found this conversation to be deeply moving and honest. I believe it to be very hard indeed to help the poor. I have always believed that other cultures deserved to respected but helped in a manner that left their culture in tact. I would never impose my views on others…as the best in the world. I would learn what is helpful to that particular culture and try and use modern and up to date measure if I could…but never force something! I am an atheist.

Rory is such an able articulator - he’s lead such an interesting life and I love listening to The Rest is Politics podcast. Will be reading his book of his walks soon.

Talked about Rory 'Crisis What Crisis' podcast on radio phone in. My positive contribution not shared by host Alan Beswick.

He was one of the few MP's both sides of the Commons listened to, without interruption, and his library looks as though he actually reads books, rather than for decoration. Hope he comes back, so tories are a broad church again.

Good presentation. Thank you for sharing. EA seems suspect to me due to the problems like vanity mentioned by Mr Stewart. But giving cash to people does seem effective. It gives them autonomy and dignity. I am surprised that he does not believe this would help the poor effectively in developed countries. He said it was the role of goverments to provide the social safety net - which may be true in some countries but is being eroded in the US.

@peterclarke7240

10 ай бұрын

Yep. As conservatives go, Rory is ok, but he still has this MASSIVE blindspot in his brain between "oh, the government should do that," and "yeah, but what happens when the governments don't want to, becuase they're conservative governments that believe everyone should help themselves, poverty is a personality defect, and taxes are communist."

@josefschiltz2192

7 ай бұрын

"Power has only one duty - to secure the social welfare of the People." Benjamin Disraeli. An internally combative system rips the society apart, as capitalism writ large is doing in the US. Amazing really, that so many over there deny the very founding force of society and civilization and adhere willfully to the opposing forces that have all the potency for wrecking it and scorning social care as if it were the very devil. Totally irrational. If the US was a horse, it would have torsion of the bowel and have to be put down!

Being 70. Lifelong learning, understanding, observation, experience, re-examination 24/7 365. In all my days I see western culture imposing its ideology upon other radically different cultures that encompass far more radical differences within their communities and outlying provinces than the western civilization could even begin to understand, and so the innocently ignorant 'do-gooders' at all levels ploughs on regardless and still the problems continue. There will be no final solution whilst the system remains the same

@timothymitchell9936

10 ай бұрын

Final solution?

Yet again Rory has hit the nail on the head! I can relate personally through my experience in East Africa

@aaronclarke1434

11 ай бұрын

What was that experience, if you don’t mind my asking?

Imagine the joy, to so many, of having running water and reliable sanitation. It really should be available to everyone.

It is impossible to listen to this without profound respect and hopeful understanding! Even with the ray of sun across Rory's face... Maybe that was a spiritual light! It has certainly challenged some established assumptions and given "cash" a very different dimension. Feeding the thoughts is also important; then maybe the bodies will also get better fed. 🙏🏻

@peterclarke7240

10 ай бұрын

No. It was the sun.

Ancient Wisdom in Australian society would point out that only questions you already know the answer to are askable and there's no permission granted to ask or examine evidence lying all around in plain sight. Thanks for trying.

Says the man that supported virtually every austerity measure introduced by Cameron and Osborne!

@HomemadeBrownies1

9 ай бұрын

It was quite reasonable to support austerity. Why should the state live beyond its means for such an extensive length of time?

@philbell5774

9 ай бұрын

@@HomemadeBrownies1 Perhaps you ought to understand why austerity isn't a great idea. Rather than expanding growth and opportunity this moribund economic idea has virtually always led to low growth and increasing income and wealth inequality. Austerity is a pseudo- intellectual justification for the latter. kzread.info/dash/bejne/maNmxLiAmZO4lag.html

I believe altruism is a one-way street. In my direction!

The idea seems plausible. But I am concerned that it overlays an unspoken attempt at proselytising to the desperately needy which I consider deeply amoral.

@GortonTank

8 ай бұрын

The entire crux of GiveDirectly is to provide sovereignty, and acknowledge the dignity, of the individuals in need. In no way is that indicative of proselytising, it’s the complete antithesis .

Close the curtains properly.

The world really has fallen when clowns pass for sages..

The Myth of Rory Stewart.

I think Rory may swing too far in the other direction. How do we know the autonomy and dignity of cash work? The research on micro-loans is mixed. It may be one tool in the toolkit. I think he inclines a bit too far towards seeing it as a panacea because of his ideological commitments. We should trust it as a method insofar as it works. No further. The results are mixed so my trust in the method is mixed.

@eaforchristians460

10 ай бұрын

You are correct, the impact of micro-loans is mixed. However, regarding unconditional cash transfers, there are over 72 randomised controlled trials studies. The results are overwhelmingly positive.

Despite colonising all these countries you still learnt nothing about them?

@jackdeniston59

10 ай бұрын

These countries learnt more and improved.

Pillock

You know who really believes in Effective Altruism? Sam Bankman-Fried.

@TheFakeyCakeMaker

Жыл бұрын

Exactly he's an awful example and from what I have read about it, it's very "do as thou wilt"

@cherylmockotr

8 ай бұрын

He may or may not believe in it... he was simply their pawn who they selected and groomed precisely because, in their eyes, he is a useless idiot.

"Christians".

@eaforchristians460

Жыл бұрын

More on the Christian-identity of the group here --> kzread.info7lJl0tqCJzg?

EA for Christians? Is this not a false idol?

@VisiblyJacked

10 ай бұрын

They desperately want to be accepted by the secular world

@cherylmockotr

8 ай бұрын

Yes, EA is a cult based on utilitarianism. There is no inherent value of the individual in their eyes, making it the exact opposite of Christianity. In their worldview, the needs of the many completely outweigh the needs of the few... therefore slavery is a societal good to them.

@lukeharrison1655

8 ай бұрын

Jesus never spent any time helping the poor of course.

@cherylmockotr

8 ай бұрын

@@lukeharrison1655Your statement is a logical fallacy. You're probably a teenager, so I think you might enjoy researching logical fallacies to learn more about them, and figure out which fallacies this one falls under.

@lukeharrison1655

8 ай бұрын

@@cherylmockotr 🤓🤓🤓

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