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Re: The future our grandchildren deserve

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Post by stephc_int13 »

akprasad wrote: post #20
stephc_int13 wrote: post #16

Am I the only one growing suspicious of this since the SBF/FTX effective altruism turned out to be a front to masquerade a good old Ponzi? I don't think the Gates foundation is a Ponzi, but I am not entirely convinced that all of this is really what is advertised. Are there any reliable (external and independent) audits for charities?

The closest I can think of is GiveWell [1], but it is part of the broader effective altruism movement, so perhaps it won't meet your bar. [1]: https://www.givewell.org

Clearly not.

Re: The future our grandchildren deserve

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Re: The future our grandchildren deserve

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Post by ctoth »

mc32 wrote: post #14
A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You may be onto something. It is fine to pay lip service to this ideal in an abstract, but as Covid pandemic has shown, politicians will drop the facade of masks at the drop of a hat if they are personally inconvenienced ( CA comes to mind, but it is not an isolated incident ). At the end of the day, I want the rules to be applied equally, but they are not ( and likely never will be ). Come to think of it, and it is…

Endless growth is not attainable on this Earth. Japan hit the inflection point some decades ago. They are doing alright. They still innovate. In some respects it's stagnant, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It does mean that offspring will not perpetually think "they will (potentially) earn more than their parents" and that's okay. We need to accelerate this in places that are still growing, slow them down but…

It is an excellent thing, then, that we are not simply stuck on this Earth.

Re: The future our grandchildren deserve

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Post by kiba »

mc32 wrote: post #14
A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You may be onto something. It is fine to pay lip service to this ideal in an abstract, but as Covid pandemic has shown, politicians will drop the facade of masks at the drop of a hat if they are personally inconvenienced ( CA comes to mind, but it is not an isolated incident ). At the end of the day, I want the rules to be applied equally, but they are not ( and likely never will be ). Come to think of it, and it is…

Endless growth is not attainable on this Earth. Japan hit the inflection point some decades ago. They are doing alright. They still innovate. In some respects it's stagnant, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It does mean that offspring will not perpetually think "they will (potentially) earn more than their parents" and that's okay. We need to accelerate this in places that are still growing, slow them down but…

Endless growth is not attainable on this Earth. Japan hit the inflection point some decades ago. They are doing alright. They still innovate. In some respects it's stagnant, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It does mean that offspring will not perpetually think "they will (potentially) earn more than their parents" and that's okay.

It depends on what you mean by this. But I think more growth is possible. The problem is negative externality.

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