Re:A new book about the origins of Effective Altruism
by potato3732842 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @06:26PM
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>consider how the ACA required that 85% of premiums go to care, and how that meant that the incentives became for the prices to become enormous.
To be fair, that particular example was obvious from day 1.
Re:A new book about the origins of Effective Altruism
by rincebrain on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @07:33AM
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Sure, it wasn't a surprise how the incentives for that would work out.
But it's an excellent example of how something you could see some naive people in good faith claiming is a good thing can be pathologized.
As the numbers get larger, it becomes easier and easier to suggest that the organization's continued existence is still a net positive as you waste more and more on the organization bloating.
It's also surprisingly hard to avoid - consider how the ACA required that 85% of premiums go to care, and how that meant that the incentives became for the prices to become enormous.