Cryonics aren't available in Israel. And I'm pretty sure they won't be, because our government enforces religious observances at time of death.
Yes, to live it's OK, but to die there?!
A 1996 law allows alternative civilian burials, and a judge authorized cremation in 2007, so maybe it'd be possible to get around that?
These are very round numbers and so, on the outside view, I suspect they are completely arbitrary. How did you choose them?
Oh, quite. From "Suggested tithe is 10% of income" I got "most people think a 10% income reduction doesn't terribly affect their finances", I divided by two because I'm a starving student and it's better if I adjust up more often than down.
Related to: People who want to save the world
I have recently been diagnosed with cancer, for which I am currently being treated with good prognosis. I've been reevaluating my life plans and priorities in response. To be clear, I estimate that the cancer is responsible for much less than half the total danger to my life. The universals - X-risks, diseases I don't have yet, traffic accidents, etc. - are worse.
I would like to affirm my desire to Save Myself (and Save The World For Myself). Saving the world is a prerequisite simply because the world is in danger. I believe my values are well aligned with those of the LW community; wanting to Save The World is a good applause light but I believe most people want to do so for selfish reasons.
I would also like to ask LW members: why do you prefer to contribute (in part) towards humankind-wide X-risk problems rather than more narrow but personally important issues? How do you determine the time- and risk- tradeoffs between things like saving money for healthcare, and investing money in preventing an unfriendly AI FOOM?
It is common advice here to focus on earning money and donating it to research, rather than donating in kind. How do you decide what portion of income to donate to SIAI, which to SENS, and which to keep as money for purely personal problems that others won't invest in? There's no conceptual difficulty here, but I have no idea how to quantify the risks involved.