3 ms·
But then you get folks like Sam Bankman-Fried, who long claimed exactly this as his motivation for his crypto business. The question is, is it likely, or even
by SamBam 4y ago
But then you get folks like Sam Bankman-Fried, who long claimed exactly this as his motivation for his crypto business.
The question is, is it likely, or even possible, to be motivated to make lots and lots of money, and then have that process of earning lots and lots of money not affect you? Is everyone who chases a seven-figure-income destined to eventually become an asshole?
- olalonde 4y agoIt's common fo criminals to use charity to ease their conscience, that's all there is to it.
- tptacek 4y agoThe problem with the EA/Longtermist formulation of this idea is that it encourages people to take destructive jobs to minmax the potential dollars they will be able to donate in the future. The underlying idea is sound: the most efficient way for a software developer to donate hours to charity is in fact to use those hours to generate revenue, and send the money to charity. You've already got the job you've got; a supposedly altruistic motivate isn't corrupting your choices the way it does for people like SBF.
- arolihas 4y agoIt's possible if you're way of making lots of money doesn't involve scamming or exploiting people.
- badrequest 4y agoThere is no way of amassing a huge amount of money in Capitalism without exploiting people brutally or at the very least vowing to do so.
- jamilton 4y agoSure you can, for sufficiently small amounts of "huge". Lots of tech jobs make much more money than most other jobs without directly exploiting anyone. You could take issue with working for companies that are themselves unethical, but I think as long as you're not working for a particularly unethical company like Meta or a defense contractor, you're doing okay.