Vaniver comments on Optimal Philanthropy for Human Beings - Less Wrong

36 Post author: lukeprog 25 July 2011 07:27AM

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Comment author: Vaniver 26 July 2011 02:49:51PM 2 points [-]

The least convenient possible world is one that involves tradeoffs between desires.

Comment author: taryneast 26 July 2011 04:47:12PM *  0 points [-]

Only if your desires require compromises to match up. In which case - yes.

Otherwise - if you do manage to find a match - it's a double-win! So IMO worth at least looking on the off-chance.