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15 Post author: jkaufman 22 October 2013 12:13PM

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Comment author: jkaufman 23 October 2013 01:15:18AM 2 points [-]

You're making new people to be happy.

I've seen people argue that we should prioritize the happiness of existing people over new people, but I haven't seen it the other way around before. Why do you value creating new people over improving the lives of existing ones?

(There are also charities that have the effect of creating new people.)