I usually try not to push people on this particular point unless I think they're already very high-level; my default assumption is that people are very akrasic and fragile when it comes to charity.
However, I'm raising my estimate of Landsburg's level based on this - I guess one mostly hears about the disputable points he got wrong, not the indisputable points he got right, of which this is one (and a rarely appreciated one at that).
I usually try not to push people on this particular point unless I think they're already very high-level; my default assumption is that people are very akrasic and fragile when it comes to charity.
Fair enough.
However, I'm raising my estimate of Landsburg's level based on this
Glad to hear it; I've been a fan of his for years, based mainly on his Slate column and his first two books.
From Michael Anissimov on the Singularity Institute blog:
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