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RomeoStevens comments on Salary or startup? How do-gooders can gain more from risky careers - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: adamzerner 05 February 2014 10:54PM

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 05 February 2014 11:07:02PM *  8 points [-]

It isn't just that your money doesn't have diminishing marginal utility. EA's should care about total impact over all EA's not just themselves. They should accept higher variance (risk:returns) on an individual level for higher total gains over all EA's.