there’s the whole optimizing charity thing, but that’s often (not always) for personal gratification as much as sincere altruism.
There’s two issue here: (1) the difference between donating because it is useful and donating because it makes one feel good, and (2) many donations that make one feel good are really social status games.
I really do think many people here are sincere altruists (re the second issue).
I suppose people here think that their own cryonic freezing is actually doing the world a huge favor.
I hope they don’t. It’s an awfully stupid position. I’m not aware of anyone who is signed up for cryonics for anything other than self-oriented (selfish?) desire to live forever.
There’s two issue here: (1) the difference between donating because it is useful and donating because it makes one feel good, and (2) many donations that make one feel good are really social status games.
I really do think many people here are sincere altruists (re the second issue).
I hope they don’t. It’s an awfully stupid position. I’m not aware of anyone who is signed up for cryonics for anything other than self-oriented (selfish?) desire to live forever.