This is a neat capability, and it seems like it might sometimes be useful. I’m not entirely sure how recipients are likely to reason about this—will they tend to take it at face value and reduce their donations (if they wouldn’t normally donate windfall cash)? Or will they want to follow a chain of reasoning about what the money you’ve given would otherwise have been used for?
Note on terminology: it seems to be a kind of indirect transfer, but it’s definitely a causal one: your actions cause them to have more money. I think it’s good to reserve the term “acausal” to situations where causality is not involved.
This is a neat capability, and it seems like it might sometimes be useful. I’m not entirely sure how recipients are likely to reason about this—will they tend to take it at face value and reduce their donations (if they wouldn’t normally donate windfall cash)? Or will they want to follow a chain of reasoning about what the money you’ve given would otherwise have been used for?
Note on terminology: it seems to be a kind of indirect transfer, but it’s definitely a causal one: your actions cause them to have more money. I think it’s good to reserve the term “acausal” to situations where causality is not involved.