This is an extremely rich guy who isn’t donating any of his money.
But cf. the “stages of change” in the transtheoretical model of behavior change. A lack of action suggests he has not reached the action stage, but could be in the contemplation or preparation stages.
Yeah, he could be planning to donate money once his attempt to reduce our overcome mortality is resolved.
He said several times that what he’s doing now is only part one of the plants so I guess there is a opportunity to withhold judgment and see what he does later.
Having said all that I don’t want to come across as trusting him. I just heard the interview and was really surprised by all the EA themes which emerged and the narrative he proposed for why what he’s doing is important
Edit: I stand by this; it was a quick way to explain the problems with Jason’s comment. I don’t think we should be too mean to people for not donating (in order to not dissuade them from doing it in the future), but this particular model could be used to excuse basically any behaviour as ‘they might be a potential EA one day’. I don’t think it’s a good defence and wouldn’t want to see it trotted out more often.
But cf. the “stages of change” in the transtheoretical model of behavior change. A lack of action suggests he has not reached the action stage, but could be in the contemplation or preparation stages.
Yeah, he could be planning to donate money once his attempt to reduce our overcome mortality is resolved.
He said several times that what he’s doing now is only part one of the plants so I guess there is a opportunity to withhold judgment and see what he does later.
Having said all that I don’t want to come across as trusting him. I just heard the interview and was really surprised by all the EA themes which emerged and the narrative he proposed for why what he’s doing is important
That’s not falsifiable
Edit: I stand by this; it was a quick way to explain the problems with Jason’s comment. I don’t think we should be too mean to people for not donating (in order to not dissuade them from doing it in the future), but this particular model could be used to excuse basically any behaviour as ‘they might be a potential EA one day’. I don’t think it’s a good defence and wouldn’t want to see it trotted out more often.