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The "10% of lifetime income to charity" pledge is pretty close to Christian tithing, Islamic zakat, and suchlike. Who also claim to be spending donations to hel
by michaelt 4y ago
The "10% of lifetime income to charity" pledge is pretty close to Christian tithing, Islamic zakat, and suchlike. Who also claim to be spending donations to help the poorest people in society, and with low waste.
Of course, EA has a bunch of other weird stuff like AI safety, which isn't an idea that's been around for millennia.
- czzr 4y agoWell, actually, on AI safety: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golem
- lazyasciiart 4y agoWhen you make that juxtaposition, the idea that you must obey ridiculous rules in order to placate an invisible omnipotent being does seem to have religious analogs.