DanielLC comments on So you say you're an altruist... - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 27 December 2009 06:05:17PM 2 points [-]

He never said selfish spending has zero utility or less. He just implied it was less than charity. If you find a really good charity, it tends to be orders of magnitude better than keeping the money. For example, for $25 you could either see a couple of movies, or allow someone else to see the rest of their life. http://www.hollows.org/

There's nothing wrong with watching a movie. It's just not nearly as good as being able to see in general.