MichaelHoward comments on Singularity Institute $100K Challenge Grant / 2009 Donations Reminder - Less Wrong

14 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 30 December 2009 12:36AM

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Comment author: MichaelHoward 31 December 2009 04:54:46AM 4 points [-]

My problem isn't in giving people fuzzies as a reward for them giving SIAI 1% of something.

My problem's with this adding to people's already super-stimulated-by-clever-marketers set of psychological rewards and excuses-to-self for running up enormous credit card bills buying stuff they don't need with money that could be put to better use by, say, giving SIAI more than 1% of something.