Ah yes, for what it’s worth, I do allude to this (as does Patel, who I’m paraphrasing): “Effective altruists are more risk-tolerant by default, since you don’t get diminishing returns on larger donations the same way you do on increased personal consumption.”
I feel like this should be accounted for in the EA base rate, but maybe the effect has gotten or will get more pronounced now as Sam Bankman-Fried is vocal about having this mindset.
Ah yes, for what it’s worth, I do allude to this (as does Patel, who I’m paraphrasing): “Effective altruists are more risk-tolerant by default, since you don’t get diminishing returns on larger donations the same way you do on increased personal consumption.”
I feel like this should be accounted for in the EA base rate, but maybe the effect has gotten or will get more pronounced now as Sam Bankman-Fried is vocal about having this mindset.