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> If you want to save the world, save the world first. > Stop. Fucking. Waiting. I don't understand what you're suggesting. Is Trigg (the programmer who joined

> If you want to save the world, save the world first. > Stop. Fucking. Waiting. I don't understand what you're suggesting. Is Trigg (the programmer who joined Wall Street) "waiting"? What does "not waiting" look like?

nickpinkston 13y ago
Yes, he's waiting essentially. Not waiting looks like doing something that actually is saving the world - starting at a small scale if you have to at first. Getting to small version of the change you want to see is vastly preferable than trying to be Buffet and then starting a foundation. By then, you've lost all connection to the problems you wished to solve and the mentality of even trying to make this change. Again: Stop waiting guys! You can actually do this now and grow your little org into a great force for change.
- moakakala 13y ago
  I don't think he's planning to start a foundation, he's donating to existing ones, like the against malaria foundation.
  - nickpinkston 13y ago
    Sure - I'm not saying it's bad. Far better than most people! It's just that it's sub-optimal if he can actually run an org to solve the problems. Especially the risk of not increasing donation size with increased conspicuous consumption. You can get soft quickly if you're not thinking lean...
    - sskates 13y ago
      How is it suboptimal? $2,500 per life saved is pretty good, let's say that's 10 lives a year for him. How could you do better than that?
      - nickpinkston 13y ago
        Again, I'm not saying he's wrong, but he's doing what anyone could do with money. What about the problems that aren't being solved at all? If you want to do ROI calculations on problems spaces - there's a group that publishes strategies for these: Copenhagen Consensus [PDF]: http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/Outcome_Document_Updated_1105.pdf http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/Outco...

nickpinkston 13y ago

Yes, he's waiting essentially. Not waiting looks like doing something that actually is saving the world - starting at a small scale if you have to at first. Getting to small version of the change you want to see is vastly preferable than trying to be Buffet and then starting a foundation. By then, you've lost all connection to the problems you wished to solve and the mentality of even trying to make this change. Again: Stop waiting guys! You can actually do this now and grow your little org into a great force for change.

moakakala 13y ago
I don't think he's planning to start a foundation, he's donating to existing ones, like the against malaria foundation.
- nickpinkston 13y ago
  Sure - I'm not saying it's bad. Far better than most people! It's just that it's sub-optimal if he can actually run an org to solve the problems. Especially the risk of not increasing donation size with increased conspicuous consumption. You can get soft quickly if you're not thinking lean...
  - sskates 13y ago
    How is it suboptimal? $2,500 per life saved is pretty good, let's say that's 10 lives a year for him. How could you do better than that?
    - nickpinkston 13y ago
      Again, I'm not saying he's wrong, but he's doing what anyone could do with money. What about the problems that aren't being solved at all? If you want to do ROI calculations on problems spaces - there's a group that publishes strategies for these: Copenhagen Consensus [PDF]: http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/Outcome_Document_Updated_1105.pdf http://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/Outco...