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Metus comments on Open thread, Sept. 1-7, 2014 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Metus 08 September 2014 07:56:35PM 1 point [-]

If we'd all just cooperate maybe this would be a better world. But we don't and it is not.

I have yet to see a calculation that shows that my gift to some far away people instead of a fine dinner with my friends will give me a return on my money in the long run. Assume that all people do this to avoid freerider arguments.