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CronoDAS comments on Recommendations for donating to an anti-death cause - Less Wrong Discussion

20 Post author: fowlertm 09 April 2014 02:56AM

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Comment author: CronoDAS 10 April 2014 03:15:46AM 4 points [-]

Do charities that focus on controlling infectious disease (malaria, tuberculosis, etc.) count?

Comment author: fowlertm 10 April 2014 03:34:35PM 3 points [-]

I'd like to aim squarely at Death.

Comment author: CronoDAS 10 April 2014 08:47:15PM *  4 points [-]

So saving people 30 and younger so they can die at 80 instead isn't good enough...

Comment author: ZankerH 11 April 2014 07:52:21PM *  2 points [-]

The point is extending maximal lifespan, not average lifespan.

Comment author: no_titman 03 May 2014 07:09:31PM 1 point [-]

It's also worth noting that those diseases mainly affect people in the developing countries. Personally I am interested in shaving my own ass.