JGWeissman comments on The Craigslist Revolution: a real-world application of torture vs. dust specks OR How I learned to stop worrying and create one billion dollars out of nothing - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JGWeissman 10 February 2010 08:40:30PM 3 points [-]

Probably. But would the general public find IEC (or SIAI) compelling? I'm thinking not.

Convincing the general public that these causes are worthwhile sounds like a worthwhile make a desperate effort level project.

Or we can just ignore expected utlity, and attempt to satisfy our desire for warm fuzzies.