DeVliegendeHollander comments on Rationality Quotes Thread April 2015 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: Vaniver 01 April 2015 01:35PM

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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.