This warms my heart man, massive respect and think of the difference you will make to the world through giving this generously over the years! I love that you live simply as well, something I would love to write more about—but a couple of pro simplicity comments I have made have recieved both a karma and agreement hammering so I haven’t tried yet!
“FWIW, my current giving policy is defined by:
Spending on what intuitively feels right (I have only spent 3.65 k€/year of my own money since August 2018, thanks to lots of support from family).
Donating everything I have above 4 times the global real GDP per capita (43.3 k€), such that I maintain reserves which allow me to live for 2 years without gaining any income, and spending 2 times as much as the mean human.”
Just to clarify, note that I do not live as simply as 3.65 k€/year suggest. I live with family, so I do not have to pay for accomodation (unless I am travelling without family), which I guess accounts for the bulk of expenditure of most people.
something I would love to write more about—but a couple of pro simplicity comments I have made have recieved both a karma and agreement hammering so I haven’t tried yet!
I guess the negative response comes from some people thinking (at least implicitly) that at the margin it is better to increase personal spending and reserves. This may well be true for some people, but not all, so I suppose it might still be good to write about ways to live simply while maintaining high productivity.
This warms my heart man, massive respect and think of the difference you will make to the world through giving this generously over the years! I love that you live simply as well, something I would love to write more about—but a couple of pro simplicity comments I have made have recieved both a karma and agreement hammering so I haven’t tried yet!
“FWIW, my current giving policy is defined by:
Spending on what intuitively feels right (I have only spent 3.65 k€/year of my own money since August 2018, thanks to lots of support from family).
Donating everything I have above 4 times the global real GDP per capita (43.3 k€), such that I maintain reserves which allow me to live for 2 years without gaining any income, and spending 2 times as much as the mean human.”
Thanks for the kind words, Nick!
Just to clarify, note that I do not live as simply as 3.65 k€/year suggest. I live with family, so I do not have to pay for accomodation (unless I am travelling without family), which I guess accounts for the bulk of expenditure of most people.
I guess the negative response comes from some people thinking (at least implicitly) that at the margin it is better to increase personal spending and reserves. This may well be true for some people, but not all, so I suppose it might still be good to write about ways to live simply while maintaining high productivity.