I assume you intend this in the direction of “opportunity costs aren’t sufficiently salient, so we don’t take them into account as much as we should”. Which seems true. But I also think part of the difference is that super-duper salient opportunity costs make normal spending feel pathologically unacceptable, particularly to altruistically-minded folks.
I agree with above that Scott seems to favor framings of limited altruism, after which you can spend your money on whatever frivolous things you feel like.
I assume you intend this in the direction of “opportunity costs aren’t sufficiently salient, so we don’t take them into account as much as we should”. Which seems true. But I also think part of the difference is that super-duper salient opportunity costs make normal spending feel pathologically unacceptable, particularly to altruistically-minded folks.
I agree with above that Scott seems to favor framings of limited altruism, after which you can spend your money on whatever frivolous things you feel like.