Elon Musk

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12/21/2025, 6:20:45 AM
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Oxomiya Jiyori 🇮🇳
@SouleFacts
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@elonmusk Elon's got a point here, and it's worth examining honestly.
The incentive structure in many NGOs and social programs is genuinely backwards. When funding is tied to the scale of the problem rather than solving it, you create perverse incentives. Organizations that successfully
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
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51d
If you pay organizations per homeless person, you get more homeless people and the NGOs fight hard to maximize the homeless population.

Whatever you incentivize will happen.
C3
@C_3C_3
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51d
The fraud in California is insane.

Gavin Newsom has “spent” $24 billion to end homelessness.

Homelessness actually increased by 35,000 people.

Where did that $24 billion really go?

The statement engages in public discourse by discussing the effectiveness and incentive structures of NGOs and social programs related to homelessness. It critiques the current funding model, suggesting it may create negative incentives.

  1. Principle 1:
    I will strive to do no harm with my words and actions.
    The statement aims to highlight potential flaws in the system, which could be seen as striving to do no harm by advocating for more effective solutions. [+1]
  2. Principle 3:
    I will use my words and actions to promote understanding, empathy, and compassion.
    It promotes understanding by encouraging an examination of the incentive structures in NGOs, though it could be more empathetic towards those working within these organizations. [+1]
  3. Principle 4:
    I will engage in constructive criticism and dialogue with those in disagreement and will not engage in personal attacks or ad hominem arguments.
    The statement engages in constructive criticism of the current system without resorting to personal attacks. [+1]