Not saving so you can donate more—I think it’s confused, but I can’t really judge what’s important to you.
Why do you think it’s confused? If some others can benefit >100x more from the money compared to 60-year-old Lorenzo, and their interests are just as important, wouldn’t it be rational to reallocate money from him to them?
Not really interested in convincing anyone, and probably shouldn’t have mentioned it. I respect and honor your choices, and the fact that your time preferences and value of optionality compared to your estimate of urgent donation value don’t make sense to me is kind of irrelevant.
IMO, even if I do intend to donate some amount over some timeframe (and I do, and I do donate a fair bit concurrently), you’re PROBABLY better off investing and growing a fair bit of your assets, and donating it later (when it’s larger, and you’ll have more information about how to donate well). This doesn’t fully generalize, and there may well be causes where sooner is way better and it’s knowable with pretty good certainty now.
Why do you think it’s confused? If some others can benefit >100x more from the money compared to 60-year-old Lorenzo, and their interests are just as important, wouldn’t it be rational to reallocate money from him to them?
Not really interested in convincing anyone, and probably shouldn’t have mentioned it. I respect and honor your choices, and the fact that your time preferences and value of optionality compared to your estimate of urgent donation value don’t make sense to me is kind of irrelevant.
IMO, even if I do intend to donate some amount over some timeframe (and I do, and I do donate a fair bit concurrently), you’re PROBABLY better off investing and growing a fair bit of your assets, and donating it later (when it’s larger, and you’ll have more information about how to donate well). This doesn’t fully generalize, and there may well be causes where sooner is way better and it’s knowable with pretty good certainty now.