hairyfigment comments on Rationality Quotes Thread April 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 02 April 2015 04:23:31PM * 8 points [-]

What great causes are deeply unpopular?

Peter Thiel 50m into the interview. He only wants to fund unpopular causes because he assumes popular causes are relatively well funded.

Comment author: [deleted] 09 April 2015 03:52:09PM 0 points [-]

There are causes people like, and there are causes people want to signal liking as it makes them look good. The second tends to attract slacktivism.

Comment author: Good_Burning_Plastic 03 April 2015 05:35:55PM 5 points [-]

I dunno, much of the popularity of certain causes is just slacktivism.

Comment author: 27chaos 03 April 2015 11:09:18PM 0 points [-]

Also, non-popular causes deserve to be considered before leaping all the way to the other end of the spectrum.

Comment author: James_Miller 03 April 2015 11:54:18PM 1 point [-]

What if you only have time to consider a small number of charities. Might it be reasonable to only look at those for unpopular causes?

Comment author: 27chaos 04 April 2015 03:15:51AM 1 point [-]

I mean, sure. But it's not as though this scenario much resembles such a case.