Separately, it seems pretty fine to me to be more motivated to save your friends and local community than to be motivated to save a random subset of humanity.
Sure, it’s at a minimum better than those superyachts the other billionaires seem to favor. But any such discussions need to be light-years away from anyone involved with one’s charitable foundation. That’s not charity, that’s a personal expense like the superyachts. And, in my view, it is epistemically critical to keep one’s EA activities and one’s personal activities separate (at least at that level of massive spend).
Sure, it’s at a minimum better than those superyachts the other billionaires seem to favor. But any such discussions need to be light-years away from anyone involved with one’s charitable foundation. That’s not charity, that’s a personal expense like the superyachts. And, in my view, it is epistemically critical to keep one’s EA activities and one’s personal activities separate (at least at that level of massive spend).
Totally! This seems pretty clearly non-charitable (which I tried to emphasize in my comment).