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Nisan comments on Risk-aversion and investment (for altruists) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Nisan 28 February 2013 04:46:35PM 1 point [-]

I originally suspected that altruists should be risk-averse because they are contributing only a small part to large projects, and therefore face roughly linear returns.

Do you mean "risk-seeking" here?

Comment author: paulfchristiano 28 February 2013 06:22:29PM 0 points [-]

Yes, thanks.

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