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There are two types of altruism: 1. The desire to perform win-win, wealth-creating transactions. 2. The desire to redistribute wealth from yourself to people
by paulbaumgart 13y ago
There are two types of altruism:
1. The desire to perform win-win, wealth-creating transactions.
2. The desire to redistribute wealth from yourself to people who ascribe greater utility to that wealth.
I think what you're objecting to is Type 1 Altruists pretending to be Type 2 Altruists. Although I can't fault you for that, keep in mind that both types of altruism are utility-promoting, and that you can't have Type 2 without Type 1. :)
- 001sky 13y agoType (1) 'altruism' has various flavours. Two oligarchs colluding is one. Selling out to olligarchs may be another. Both of these seem to be increasing "perceptions" Of Silicon Valley's ~morality.
- paulbaumgart 13y agoYeah, "win-win" does not imply "wealth-creating". Negative externalities can cancel out the wealth creation or even push it into the negative. However, a lot of people who talk about wanting to "change the world" do genuinely want to make the world wealthier.