army1987 comments on Pinpointing Utility - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 26 January 2013 05:18:52PM 7 points [-]

Be careful, money is an economics and game theory thing that can give you evidence about people's preferences, but I would not directly call it a representation of utility. It is likewise not directly relevant to utilitarianism.

I'd like to take a crack at discussing how money (and fungiblish consumablish resources in general) relate to utility, but that's a big topic on it's own, and I think it's beyond the scope of this article.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 January 2013 11:20:22AM 2 points [-]

I'd like to take a crack at discussing how money (and fungiblish consumablish resources in general) relate to utility

Something like “Money: The Unit of Caring” by EY?