Thanks for the feedback! The point I’m trying to get across is something like “if you take donations from an ultra high net worth donor, you probably shouldn’t be that surprised if they end up having committed misconduct.” I would like to mostly remain agnostic as to the question of whether you should be more or less surprised about UHNW donors committing misconduct than some other reference class (with the exception of the YCombinator thing that I included).
Is there a better way to phrase this? I understand the assumption that “high” is relative to some other reference class rather than just being high in absolute, but I’m not sure what other word to use.
That makes sense! After SBF, I’ve wondered about the causality around charitable giving and criminality. If GP signatories are more criminal than other billionaires, that would suggest that individuals may be accepting criminality that they can justify with altruism. But if they’re similarly criminal to other rich people, and rich people are more criminal than other groups, then that suggests a broader societal problem that we should adjust our legal system to properly disincentivize criminality.
Thanks for the feedback! The point I’m trying to get across is something like “if you take donations from an ultra high net worth donor, you probably shouldn’t be that surprised if they end up having committed misconduct.” I would like to mostly remain agnostic as to the question of whether you should be more or less surprised about UHNW donors committing misconduct than some other reference class (with the exception of the YCombinator thing that I included).
Is there a better way to phrase this? I understand the assumption that “high” is relative to some other reference class rather than just being high in absolute, but I’m not sure what other word to use.
That makes sense! After SBF, I’ve wondered about the causality around charitable giving and criminality. If GP signatories are more criminal than other billionaires, that would suggest that individuals may be accepting criminality that they can justify with altruism. But if they’re similarly criminal to other rich people, and rich people are more criminal than other groups, then that suggests a broader societal problem that we should adjust our legal system to properly disincentivize criminality.