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Vladimir_Nesov comments on Should effective altruists care about the US gov't shutdown and can we do anything? - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 01 October 2013 11:26:57PM *  3 points [-]

Should they? There are better things to do. Getting well-informed is costly, so shouldn't be done for useless information, all else equal.