To nitpick just a bit, one can genuinely care about a cause, just care about being a lazy piece of shit even more. (I certainly value being lazy a lot, to some of me’s annoyance.) Not that that invalidates people generally caring about the appearances more.
I think it’s possible to distinguish this case from the empty signaling that Kaj_Sotala describes. People who “genuinely care about a cause, just care about being a lazy piece of shit even more” would spend their non-lazy time researching the optimal charity (with respect to the cause that they care about), set up a monthly donation which is as large as they can afford without impacting their laziness potential, and then go back to being lazy. Obviously very different behavior from the usual appearing-to-care.
This is me, but I also have several long term money making ideas that should greatly forward the cause and so far two of them seem to be progressing nicely.
Good show.
To nitpick just a bit, one can genuinely care about a cause, just care about being a lazy piece of shit even more. (I certainly value being lazy a lot, to some of me’s annoyance.) Not that that invalidates people generally caring about the appearances more.
I think it’s possible to distinguish this case from the empty signaling that Kaj_Sotala describes. People who “genuinely care about a cause, just care about being a lazy piece of shit even more” would spend their non-lazy time researching the optimal charity (with respect to the cause that they care about), set up a monthly donation which is as large as they can afford without impacting their laziness potential, and then go back to being lazy. Obviously very different behavior from the usual appearing-to-care.
This is me, but I also have several long term money making ideas that should greatly forward the cause and so far two of them seem to be progressing nicely.