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Alicorn comments on A variant on the trolley problem and babies as unit of currency - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Alicorn 08 January 2012 05:54:46PM 2 points [-]

Note that it could not be so commonplace as to reduce the marginal value of money in the coffers of these charities.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 January 2012 03:52:36AM 0 points [-]

Note that it could not be so commonplace as to reduce the marginal value of money in the coffers of these charities.

Or, perhaps, it has been going on long enough that the last batch of people saved have had time to breed. If so the button pushers will struggle to keep up with the exponential growth.

Comment author: FiftyTwo 09 January 2012 12:29:53AM *  0 points [-]

Perhaps goods with innate value, such as difficult to synthesise medicines, are spontaneously generated instead of money.