First up: charity, politics, and religion, then stay tuned for game theory, cooperation, and politics. In my previous post, I looked at data suggesting that kidney donors are more likely to be leftwing in a sample of Scott Alexanders readers. My purpose was to assess the hypothesis that a key psychological difference between the left and right is
What do you think of https://substack.com/profile/19303065-o-h-murphy/note/c-54485281?r=bhqc9 ? Would you think that (I don't actually believe this but just... throwing it out there in ) right wing people are more likely to think themselves as altruistic but less likely to be altruistic in the first place?
"Areligious leftwinger’s median giving is 0.48% of their income, and areligious rightwinger’s median giving is 0.28% of their income."
Honestly surprised and saddened that giving is this low among Scott Alexander's areligious readers, both left- and rightwing. Scott himself is quite pro-charity and (if I recall correctly) has pledged to give 10% of his income, so I really thought that giving among *his readers* would be higher, whatever the averages for the broader population might be.
What do you think of https://substack.com/profile/19303065-o-h-murphy/note/c-54485281?r=bhqc9 ? Would you think that (I don't actually believe this but just... throwing it out there in ) right wing people are more likely to think themselves as altruistic but less likely to be altruistic in the first place?
Christianity is decreasing in the Western world (US and Europe) but globally it is in fact on the rise.
"Areligious leftwinger’s median giving is 0.48% of their income, and areligious rightwinger’s median giving is 0.28% of their income."
Honestly surprised and saddened that giving is this low among Scott Alexander's areligious readers, both left- and rightwing. Scott himself is quite pro-charity and (if I recall correctly) has pledged to give 10% of his income, so I really thought that giving among *his readers* would be higher, whatever the averages for the broader population might be.