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Re:A new book about the origins of Effective Altruism by potato3732842 on Tuesday November 18, 2025 @06:26PM (#45973675)
>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.

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Re:A new book about the origins of Effective Altruism by rincebrain on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @07:33AM (#45978830)
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.

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