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jkaufman comments on Persistent Idealism - Less Wrong Discussion

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

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Comment author: jkaufman 26 August 2014 01:13:17PM 2 points [-]

"If you decide to go to college so you can make more money, and then once you graduate you backslide, you never help anyone."

This makes a lot of sense for people who wouldn't be starting earning to give right away, but I usually see the 'backsliding' argument applied to people already earning to give or considering whether that's what they should do next.