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He is a content producer who has built a brand on large cash prices not a charity manager. It’s a for profit company. The fact that apparently half of the reade
by WastingMyTime89 3y ago
He is a content producer who has built a brand on large cash prices not a charity manager. It’s a for profit company. The fact that apparently half of the readership can’t make the difference is a bit worrying to me.
- throwaway2990 3y agoOf course it’s for profit. No one dispute that. But his business involves giving away money. It doesn’t matter if he keeps 50% of the profits for himself and 50% is given away. He’s doing a million times more to help people than anyone on this forum.
- waveBidder 3y agoI seriously doubt he's producing more QALYs than some effective altruists on this site. Someone on a typical software engineering income (going w/120k) can donate enough to save ~2-3 lives a year[0] at 10% giving, let alone someone trying to maximize their impact (of which I'm sure there's several). [0]: https://www.givewell.org/impact-estimates https://www.givewell.org/impact-estimates
- WastingMyTime89 3y agoI finance significantly more through taxes than American giving 10% of its income to charity which allow every citizen of my country to enjoy the benefits of socialised medicine and unemployment insurance. The idea of cheering from someone making money by paying from basic medical treatment for poorer people makes me frankly queasy.
- throwaway2990 3y agoEye laser surgery is considered elective. What country do you live in that covers it as part of socialise healthcare?
- defrost 3y agoEye laser surgery? (LASIK, PRK, etc.) I thought the discussion here was about cataract surgery. Australia has "free if you're poor and can wait" o/wise relatively cheap depending on your private health insurance. https://www.finder.com.au/cataract-surgery-costs https://www.finder.com.au/cataract-surgery-costs Working vision correction to avoid glasses | contacts is purely elective in .au https://www.finder.com.au/laser-eye-surgery https://www.finder.com.au/laser-eye-surgery
- throwaway2990 3y agoSorry I meant cataract surgery. I just happen to be discussing eye laser surgery with a friend considering it. Seems misleading for that site to say it’s free. There’s small fees which you end up paying that Medicare doesn’t cover. And afaik you require a referral for public hospital which is not covered.
- defrost 3y agoI gave the situation in Australia - I have no idea which country the GP lives in. I'd wager that small referral fees in Australia amount to considerably less than surgery costs in countries with no socialised health care systems.
- throwaway2990 3y agoMajority of people don’t donate. And majority of people here don’t live in America earning 120k/yr. You’re kidding yourself if you think people on HN are contributing anything to better society.