[mak15]

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definitely lying, else why not just give up your net worth right now? you could probably save many african children

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i dunno, obviously it's impossible to say what you would do unless faced with the situation. but, i think the analogy of just giving it all away now doesn't hold. there's no real way to find someone out there about to die who i could give some amount of money to and immediately that person would have a normal and great life. also, i'm not the only one who can save them and am being faced with that decision at the moment.

i guess relative strangers may be a bit over the top, but if i somehow knew the persons background and all the good things he or she does with his or her life, i really think i would rather give up my money and save them then let them die.

i mean its only money and i can always make more. i expect my current net worth to be a pretty small fraction of my total lifetime earnings.

EDIT: It also would feel amazingly fulfilling which would be a nice change of pace from playing poker, slacking off in school, and working on wall street making rich people richer.