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Comment author: bogus 04 December 2015 05:20:26PM 0 points [-]

-- a deep churning in my stomach -- when I found out what bad decisions I made by giving

That seemed wrong to me too. Donating to Make-A-Wish is not a bad decision; if anything, it probably buys more QALY's than just spending the money on the latest tech gadget for yourself (Experiences being more happiness-promoting than material possessions, and all that). However, there are choices that are vastly better, and these alternatives should definitely be the focus of the article.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 06 December 2015 01:40:23AM -1 points [-]

Yup, the point I was trying to make was that when I found out about better alternatives, I had decision regret about my past decisions.

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