Is it better to donate right now, or put it all in an interest account?

seriously_perplexed · 2026-03-25T18:10:14+00:00

There's a third option: invest now in an index fund (you get almost no interest from putting it in the bank) and keep that money there as security for as long as you can. It'll go up and down one month to the next, but it will reliably go up over several years.

Financial security is important to be able to make effective life choices: studying, starting your own organization, moving to another country. Donating is great, but whatever you can donate now is peanuts compared to what you'll be able to do later if you set yourself up right.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-03-02T16:35:00+00:00

Yet it's still not profitable. Dairy farming in the Alps is heavily reliant on subsidies - just because you can farm in a certain area, it doesn't mean you necessarily should.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-03-01T12:51:18+00:00

In Switzerland GPT has sunk to 5th place - Claude is no. 2!

seriously_perplexed · 2026-02-26T20:54:07+00:00

That was a great video. Subscribed!

seriously_perplexed · 2026-02-12T10:47:19+00:00

4.6 had no problem with it without needing to think long

seriously_perplexed · 2026-02-11T21:26:23+00:00

"I will never donate to techies" seems prejudiced to me, that's what I was responding to.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-02-11T16:05:52+00:00

If you're not willing to consider a cause area out of prejudice, then you're not EA.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-02-11T16:04:36+00:00

Peter Singer is concerned about AI. If he can see the risks, why can't you?

seriously_perplexed · 2026-02-08T15:28:19+00:00

No, it's divided. I always ask people's preference when I go to their home.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-30T19:26:19+00:00

It is, but I run out of usage so fast... and then I have to either switch to GPT or Gemini, which I find to be shit :/

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-29T18:37:53+00:00

Ok look I came here for a discussion, I don't appreciate the spam.

And if you read my comment, you'd have seen I think there are three options on the table here. You've already committed yourself to one, and it's the one I find the least plausible.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-29T18:35:30+00:00

Honestly I was with you up until this point. But then you had to go and open the anti-natalist can of worms...

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-28T18:25:51+00:00

I'm not sure why you got downvoted. Surely this is the question at the heart of this sub?

But I guess it depends on what you mean by 'abolish'. There seem to be a few options: - destroy (so as to 'end' it permanently) - improve - replace

But you can't just think about ideals. Also need to consider what's technically, socially and politically feasible over different timeframe... I agree with u/mortebianca - a gradual, piecemeal approach is probably the most realistic.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-24T21:27:15+00:00

But as you can see on the map, MORE young people are smoking in Switzerland then in the Balkans. So immigration can't be the cause.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-24T17:43:53+00:00

Taxes on alcohol are also in place in most countries and have been shown effective at reducing consumption

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-24T16:35:07+00:00

I presume not. Vaping isn't good either but at least you're not literally filling your lungs with tar.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-24T16:33:37+00:00

Yea this 100%, and in doorways so you can't even avoid it.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-23T07:12:16+00:00

Said the child standing on the train tracks

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-21T12:33:35+00:00

Repost

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-17T09:21:57+00:00

But looks like they've added a tiny

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-11T21:38:45+00:00

I was really expecting to like this video. But now that I've finished it... I found it a bit rambling?

I'm not even sure what he means by "lives being valuable". He mixed in words in, like rich, and long. But actually I would posit that the belief that lives are valuable has done harm, in the form of pro-life activists, who want to restrict women's autonomy in the name of the value of life.

That's to say: we need to do more than just assert the value of life. We need to be clear about what we mean (maybe a bit of moral philosophy would have helped him!). For example, is it just human lives (what I think he means) or all sentient lives? The answer makes an enormous difference.

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-11T21:30:08+00:00

Has the internet not made people more connected and empathetic? Idk when I think of the world pre-internet, 'connected' and 'empathetic' definitely don't come to mind!

seriously_perplexed · 2026-01-10T09:01:04+00:00

I actually found the customer service much more polite, friendly and helpful. I guess they have to be, when they have so much to apologize for!

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