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Manfred comments on $100 for the best article on efficient charity -- deadline Wednesday 1st December - Less Wrong Discussion

13 Post author: FormallyknownasRoko 24 November 2010 10:31PM

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Comment author: Manfred 26 November 2010 10:15:22PM 0 points [-]

Which actually isn't all that irrational if we think of it as a decision theory problem with diminishing returns on money - making sure that at least some of your money is used well becomes more important than gambling that all of it is used well.

Of course, given the nature of what's being dome with the money, the returns diminish much, much more slowly than we're used to; diversity shouldn't be a concern until you're Onassis-ish rich.

Comment author: FormallyknownasRoko 26 November 2010 10:16:31PM 2 points [-]

As clearly stated above, for small donors marginal returns don't diminish.