Louie comments on Applied Optimal Philanthropy: How to Donate $100 to SIAI for Free - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Louie 04 January 2011 06:08:49PM 0 points [-]

Exactly. I'm sure this phenomenon has been studied and documented somewhere but I don't know what it's called.

Comment author: Vaniver 04 January 2011 08:34:56PM 3 points [-]

Typically they refer to these as "windfall gains," and there seems to be significant psychological literature that uses that term.

Comment author: Louie 06 January 2011 06:54:32AM 1 point [-]

Ah, yes! I'll be studying that literature now thanks to you!