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Ask HN: Do you follow effective altruism?
- muzani 7y agoI think most of the people who visit HN would be the type to optimize altruism. It's not just impact though. There are sites which try to research the most cost-effective causes. But that feels mechanical and hurts the "feel good" effect. While you can probably feel good by donating something closer to home that has a 70:1 effect compared to a 101:1 effect, for example. There's also some other selfish factors to optimize for like tax breaks and divine favor. And sometimes it's more effective to work for a good job as compared to taking a high paying 'evil' job and then donating that money. But yeah, I try to systematically do all of the above. As far as I'm concerned it doesn't matter how long I live or how much money I make, only how much benefit I contribute to the world in the end.