Have you given at least $5,000 to any effective altruist cause? If you have, I will commit to spend at least 5 minutes thinking about your situation and composing my reply.
Of course not. EA != MIRI != EY. Would’ve been perfectly happy with “Yes, to the Against Malaria Foundation” as an answer, even though I think AMF is probably not part of the plot. I was trying to communicate the general thought, “Why would it make sense for me to optimize the life of someone with disposable income, if it’s the sort of person where their having disposable income ends up making no difference to the rest of the planet?” I have tremendous sympathy and fondness for people with disposable income who use even a small fraction of their income to help out, or who even make a sincerely intentioned and not completely silly attempt to help out, whether or not their help lands anywhere near me; and I am happy to optimize their lives any way I can.
Have you given at least $5,000 to any effective altruist cause? If you have, I will commit to spend at least 5 minutes thinking about your situation and composing my reply.
So after failing to auction off a day of your time for 4000 dollars you up the price to 5000 dollars for five minutes?
Of course not. EA != MIRI != EY. Would’ve been perfectly happy with “Yes, to the Against Malaria Foundation” as an answer, even though I think AMF is probably not part of the plot. I was trying to communicate the general thought, “Why would it make sense for me to optimize the life of someone with disposable income, if it’s the sort of person where their having disposable income ends up making no difference to the rest of the planet?” I have tremendous sympathy and fondness for people with disposable income who use even a small fraction of their income to help out, or who even make a sincerely intentioned and not completely silly attempt to help out, whether or not their help lands anywhere near me; and I am happy to optimize their lives any way I can.
I agree! FWIW from April onwards I will be sending $2K/month (including matching) to FHI, and I am interested in the advice in this thread.