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bogus comments on “Be A Superdonor!”: Promoting Effective Altruism by Appealing to the Heart - Less Wrong Discussion

8 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 09 November 2015 06:20PM

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Comment author: bogus 10 November 2015 10:48:10AM 1 point [-]

Whether donating to a super-effective charity should make you feel "superior" to other donors is largely a matter of personal choice. But I don't think that pointedly conveying the message that charities vary widely in effectiveness is persay dishonorable.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 11 November 2015 12:26:41AM -1 points [-]

Yup, agreed!