they value safety of strangers higher than their own safety, and want to take the vaccine for the sake of all the people at risk in the society.
Quite apart from the actually low personal risk from taking a vaccine, why does this strike you as odd? This is perfectly normal and good human behaviour, and if you don’t share it there is probably something quite a bit wrong with you.
Yeah. I’m kind of startled that CW can say “I wouldn’t trade my life for less than a billion strangers’ lives” and get more than one person to go “Wait, what?” in response to that comment. I understand that not everybody on here is an extreme altruist or anything like that, but CW is definitely coming across as the sort of free rider who’s only alive because the rest of society is more pro-social than they are, which is a red flag in general.
Somebody who considers altruism to be weird is probably also somebody who will eat a high-trust society for breakfast whenever and wherever they can get away with it.
Quite apart from the actually low personal risk from taking a vaccine, why does this strike you as odd? This is perfectly normal and good human behaviour, and if you don’t share it there is probably something quite a bit wrong with you.
I share the emotional reaction but I don’t think attacking someone’s character in response to a question is acceptable.
FWIW I don’t mind, don’t feel attacked, offended, etc.
That wasn’t an attack. It was a judgement.
Yeah. I’m kind of startled that CW can say “I wouldn’t trade my life for less than a billion strangers’ lives” and get more than one person to go “Wait, what?” in response to that comment. I understand that not everybody on here is an extreme altruist or anything like that, but CW is definitely coming across as the sort of free rider who’s only alive because the rest of society is more pro-social than they are, which is a red flag in general.
Somebody who considers altruism to be weird is probably also somebody who will eat a high-trust society for breakfast whenever and wherever they can get away with it.
Yeah, I share that feeling (hence my other comment on a separate comment thread).