atucker comments on Questions and comments about Eliezer's Dec. 2 2013 Oxford speech - Less Wrong

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Comment author: atucker 05 December 2013 07:57:49AM 1 point [-]

It seems that "donate to a guide dog charity" and "buy me a guide dog" are pretty different w/r/t the extent that it's motivated cognition. EAs are still allowed to do expensive things for themselves, or even as for support in doing so.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 05 December 2013 10:05:34AM 3 points [-]

On second thought, the blind person's appeal might best be "buy your warm fuzzies here".