ChristianKl comments on Human capital or signaling? No, it's about doing the Right Thing and acquiring karma - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 20 April 2014 11:12:33PM 0 points [-]

Why do you use the word "karma"?

Comment author: VipulNaik 20 April 2014 11:20:24PM 3 points [-]

I'm using it in its original religious Hindu sense: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karma

The term nowadays is often used in gamified points systems such as that on LessWrong. While that's not too different from the original meaning, it does obscure it somewhat.