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21 Post author: philh 05 December 2014 11:44PM

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Comment author: Alsadius 07 December 2014 10:09:04PM 5 points [-]

Unless you think UFAI is a problem so large that all others are irrelevant, there's room for people to work on other problems justifiably.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 09 December 2014 07:54:47AM 0 points [-]

See this article. At any given time there's likely only one maximally efficient use of your time/energy/money resources on the margin. "Justifiable" sure (I don't know what that word means), but don't call it utility maximization.

Comment author: Alsadius 09 December 2014 07:37:07PM 2 points [-]

Yes, but different people have different comparative advantages, and thus should focus on different things. Money is fungible, but individual effort is not.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 10 December 2014 07:20:49AM 0 points [-]

Agreed.