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buybuydandavis comments on Mahatma Armstrong: CEVed to death. - Less Wrong Discussion

23 Post author: Stuart_Armstrong 06 June 2013 12:50PM

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 12 June 2013 03:59:57AM 0 points [-]

Which is a fine example of exactly what I was talking about. It's all about you, and nothing about the recipients of your altruistic largesse.

Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 12 June 2013 11:46:30AM 1 point [-]

Except I hadn't specified the purpose of that desire, which is to make me act more altruistically, and hence benefit those who I could help, on the margins.