ChristianKl comments on Celebrating All Who Are in Effective Altruism - Less Wrong

21 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 20 January 2016 01:31AM

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Comment author: Viliam 21 January 2016 08:39:58AM 0 points [-]

Wouldn't donating a symbolic dollar create even stronger psychological effect?

Comment author: ChristianKl 21 January 2016 09:18:27AM 2 points [-]

EA as a movement is about the idea that charity is not about engaging in symbolic actions but about actually having an effect.

Comment author: Viliam 21 January 2016 02:47:03PM 0 points [-]

Then people who don't donate at all shouldn't describe themselves as effective altruists.

They are aspiring effective altruists; they plan to donate in the future, but they may also change their minds later. Talk is cheap.