By Spencer Greenberg and Amber Dawn Ace
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This is the second of five posts in my sequence of essays about my life philosophy, Valuism - here are the first, third, fourth, and fifth parts.
Pretty much all of us have multiple intrinsic values (things we value for their own sake, not merely as a means to an end). This means that sometimes our intrinsic values come into conflict. For example, you might value:
Both achieving ambitious goals and...
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tradeoffs
Incentive misalignment and conflicts of interest
Written: May 26, 2018 | Released: June 11, 2021
In my view, fundamental incentive misalignment affects many parts of society.
Companies:
There are many ways to make money that are net harmful to the world (e.g., see here for 13 ways).
Non-profits:
(1) The people that sponsor the work of a non-profit organization aren’t the ones that benefit from it.
(2) Donors can’t easily tell how much benefit their donation caused the organization to create.
(3) Th...
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