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by renewiltord 2146 days ago
Oh no, not to worry. Thanks for your concern, though. It is very kind.

Perhaps undeserved, though. The real realization is that even knowing this, I will not change my actions, i.e. it isn't ignorance. The practice of what I do is that I value an arbitrary human life pretty lowly.

I think if you gave me a live feed of a child dying, I would certainly pay the $5k to stop the child from dying, or the $10k, or the whatever. But even the slightest distance and I wouldn't send $20 over. Odd. I can even visualize the child and it feels a bit bad but I'll still take the super burrito.

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Personally I have a hard time giving an arbitrary sum, but setting up an automated donation each month that I can forget worked for me, it helps remove the decision aspect.