Eugine_Nier comments on Politics Discussion Thread September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 12 September 2012 03:37:32AM 2 points [-]

Well, I suspect one of the largest effects is that it's good to have a class of people with excess cash that they can afford to donate to speculative X-risk reduction projects.

Comment author: lukeprog 12 September 2012 07:38:53PM 1 point [-]

But not so much cash that they can invest in AGI projects, you mean?

Comment author: Multiheaded 12 September 2012 09:36:36AM *  0 points [-]

How large a class, with how much "excess cash", how much of it can they afford to donate, and at what opportunity cost to themselves?