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Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? by quickthrower2 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @06:15AM (#33621413)
The same argument means that any luxury that any person indulges in. Let’s say thanksgiving, christmas, craft beer, VR headset, calling their mother, etc. is costing X lives (X is not necessary integer) and so isn’t the rationalist thing to do.

“Ah bit they are luxuries, distinct from charity…”

Ok then give me the luxury of donating to the local theatre!

Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? by awsdasdasd on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @06:31AM (#33621548)
Effective alturism vs luxury alturism?
Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? by quickthrower2 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @02:32PM (#33629172)
Yes I guess!
Re:The good delusion: has effective altruism broken bad? by xorfish on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @08:59AM (#33622972)
I think this is fitting in that context:

Schindler's List | "I Didn't Do Enough"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9vj2Wf57rQ

In the end, nearly everyone values their life higher than the life of others. The more distant that the "others" are the less we value them.