Then I guess people from CFAR should go to some universities and give lectures about… effective altruism. (With the expected result that the students will be more likely to support CFAR and attend their seminars.) Or I could try this in my country when recruiting for my local LW group.
I guess it also explains why religious groups focus so much on charity. It is difficult to argue against a group that many people associate with “helping others”, even if other actions of the group hurt others. The winning strategy is probably making the charity 10% of what you really do, but 90% of what other people associate with you.
EDIT: Doing charity is the traditional PR activity of governments, U.N., various cults and foundations. I feel like reinventing the wheel again. The winning strategies are already known and fully exploited. I just didn’t recognize them as viable strategies for everyone including me, because I was successfully conditioned to associate them with someone else.
Sure. For example if you are donating money, you display your ability to make more money than you need. And if you donate someone else’s money (like a church that takes money from state), you display your ability to take money from people, which is even more impressive.
Then I guess people from CFAR should go to some universities and give lectures about… effective altruism. (With the expected result that the students will be more likely to support CFAR and attend their seminars.) Or I could try this in my country when recruiting for my local LW group.
I guess it also explains why religious groups focus so much on charity. It is difficult to argue against a group that many people associate with “helping others”, even if other actions of the group hurt others. The winning strategy is probably making the charity 10% of what you really do, but 90% of what other people associate with you.
EDIT: Doing charity is the traditional PR activity of governments, U.N., various cults and foundations. I feel like reinventing the wheel again. The winning strategies are already known and fully exploited. I just didn’t recognize them as viable strategies for everyone including me, because I was successfully conditioned to associate them with someone else.
Among other things, charity is a show of strength.
Sure. For example if you are donating money, you display your ability to make more money than you need. And if you donate someone else’s money (like a church that takes money from state), you display your ability to take money from people, which is even more impressive.