Bindbreaker comments on Normal Cryonics - Less Wrong

58 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 January 2010 07:08PM

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Comment author: Bindbreaker 20 January 2010 01:03:53AM 1 point [-]

I plan to donate once I have X dollars of nonessential income, and yes, I have a specific value for X.

Comment author: gwern 20 January 2010 01:44:21AM 9 points [-]

Did your calculations for X take into account discounting at 0-10%? Money for research years from now does much less good than money now.

Comment author: Bindbreaker 20 January 2010 02:53:32AM *  1 point [-]

No-- thanks for the tip! I will adjust my calculations accordingly.

Comment author: bgrah449 20 January 2010 01:45:31AM 0 points [-]

Or the cost of the research being delayed.

Comment author: gwern 20 January 2010 01:48:37AM 0 points [-]

I figured that was covered by 'much less good'; there are a lot of costs to delaying, if we wanted to enumerate them - risks of good charities going under, inflation and catastrophic economic events gnawing away at one's stored value, the ever-present existential risks each year, etc.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 20 January 2010 04:04:56AM 7 points [-]

Antiakrasia, future-self-influencing recommendation: if you can afford $10/year today, make sure your current level of giving is not zero.