JacobLBryan

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by JacobLBryan 11y ago
If you think one of those is the most efficient way to avert suffering then sure, why not?
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by JacobLBryan 11y ago
I'm doing 1/3rd of gross, though it's not really very much since I'm still a student and I only work summer internships. Once I graduate I'm planning on setting a cap based on the cost of living wherever I end up, a
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by JacobLBryan 11y ago
Reducing or eradicating these diseases removes a huge burden from those in extreme poverty, it definitely is among the underlying problems that contribute to a lack of growth. It's also the most tractable.
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by JacobLBryan 11y ago
It probably does lose out on some coordination efficiency that a hypothetical world government could achieve, but in today's world governments have a mandate to care for their own citizens before others, which means that first world go
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by JacobLBryan 11y ago
I don't think of it as a criticism, moreso as an opportunity that people may not have fully considered. If you ask most people who do give to charity why they do it they'll usually say that they want to make a difference or allevi
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by JacobLBryan 11y ago
One of the arguments regarding this is that employment in the sort of higher level careers we're talking about is fairly inelastic, so if you don't take the job then it will go to the next best candidate who applied. The impact is
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by JacobLBryan 11y ago
It's about recognizing that you aren't a perfectly rational person, and then taking steps to maximize your altruism in ways that may not have been strictly optimal if you hadn't taken that into account. If seeing poverty firs