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ChristianKl comments on Donating to MIRI vs. FHI vs. CEA vs. CFAR - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: ChrisHallquist 27 December 2013 03:43AM

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Comment author: ChristianKl 01 January 2014 03:33:40PM 0 points [-]

He's not making any money, so his mother probably does already finance him in a way where he doesn't need to make money to pay for living expenses.

Beyond that point it not always easy to buy further effectiveness. It might be the most effective route if he focuses most of his energy on his coding bootcamp instead of spending money to pursue other roads.

Comment author: hyporational 01 January 2014 11:42:07PM 0 points [-]

Either that or he has savings. Talent and coding skills plus money sounds like a startup to me.