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What if by making myself irreplaceable I maximize my income and donate more money to x-risk reduction? I don't buy the concept of altruism towards people who don't care about x-risk.
Can you clarify what you mean by this?
On reflection I think I misused the word altruism. I'm an egoist, but my actions towards others may seem altruistic in cases where those others are optimizing for futures I prefer. For example, Aubrey de Grey is better at optimizing for a future in which I don't die than I am, so I prefer to give him some of my optimization power.
OK, so what you're trying to say is "I, personally, act 'altruistic' towards people who are working on x-risk, and don't buy the concept of being 'altruistic' towards anyone else." Is that right? I was reading it as "a given person's behaviour can't be called altruistic unless they are working on x-risk."
Yes.