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JoshuaZ comments on David Brooks from the NY Times writes on earning-to-give - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 04 June 2013 10:42:34PM 5 points [-]

The point about pyschology changing may be valid. Unfortunately, Brooks spends most of the piece not actually discussing that issue but rather other (substantially weaker arguments). For a large portion of the piece I just kept thinking "and that's bad why?" It seems strongly like he has his bottom line already written.