cousin_it comments on Circular Altruism - Less Wrong

40 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 22 January 2008 06:00PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 22 November 2012 04:21:17PM *  0 points [-]

Yeah, but also keep in mind that people's utility functions cannot be very concave. (My rephrasing is pretty misleading but I can't think of a better one, do read the linked post.)

Comment author: CCC 23 November 2012 07:18:32AM *  0 points [-]

Hmmm. The linked post talks about the perceived utility of money; that is, what the owner of the money thinks it is worth. This is not the same as the actual utility of money, which is what I am trying to use in the grandparent post.

I apologise if that was not clear, and I hope that this has cleared up any lingering misunderstandings.