John_Maxwell_IV comments on Open Thread, October 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 17 October 2012 11:04:31AM 4 points [-]

Is my spouse as gung-ho regarding effective altruism as I am?

Comment author: MileyCyrus 17 October 2012 11:45:41AM 0 points [-]

Does it matter? If you earn more money, do you see yourself as having more say in how it is spent?

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 18 October 2012 12:15:28AM 1 point [-]

I don't know, do I have more say?

Are we each supposed to make up our own hypothetical, or are you giving us a standard one? I recommend giving us a standard one to provide more consistent results.

Comment author: faul_sname 22 October 2012 09:00:28PM 0 points [-]

Yes and yes.

Comment author: [deleted] 18 October 2012 02:57:17AM 0 points [-]

If you earn more money, do you see yourself as having more say in how it is spent?

What? I'm confused. Isn't that the point of money?

Comment author: wedrifid 18 October 2012 03:12:04AM 1 point [-]

What? I'm confused. Isn't that the point of money?

The context refers to money within a specific significant explicit and implicit contractual arrangement which happens to include some degree of sharing of resources. Influence on how money is spent within such arrangements is seldom in direct proportion to how much is respectively earned.

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