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DanielLC comments on Persistent Idealism - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: jkaufman 26 August 2014 01:38AM

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Comment author: DanielLC 26 August 2014 05:22:51AM 5 points [-]

That seems like a different issue. With earning to give, you take a while to start doing anything. With activism, you do whatever you're doing immediately. How useful that is, or even if it's useful at all, is a separate question.

Comment author: Lumifer 26 August 2014 03:06:16PM 4 points [-]

With earning to give, you take a while to start doing anything.

Do you? My (limited) understanding is that people who are committed to earning to give start giving as soon as they have any income, it's just that they expect to give a lot more in the future.

Comment author: DanielLC 26 August 2014 03:12:32PM 3 points [-]

I can't speak for everyone, but I haven't worked much while going to college.

I also tend to procrastinate things like figuring out which charity to donate to.