Drayin comments on 2014 Survey of Effective Altruists - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Drayin 03 May 2014 01:47:22AM 1 point [-]

It's a matter of a degree, but in the EA context (which sets a high bar), I personally call people 'altruistic' if (but not only if) they've donated >=10% of a real income for over a year or they've consistently spent over an hour a week doing something they'd otherwise rather not do to help others.

I apply a similarly high bar for altruism - many EAs don't count as altruistic based on this.