I often have the same question for those “I am running a marathon dressed as an apple to raise money for cancer” things.
Person 1: “Can you give £10 to a cancer charity?”
Person 2: “No, sorry”
Person 1: “Could you give £10 if someone ran a marathon?”
Person 2: “I don’t really need anyone to run a marathon… unless… I dunno… could you make it more humiliating and difficult for them?”
Person 1: “I could make them dress in a giant apple costume?”
Person 2: “Hahaha! That would get really hot, and their legs wouldn’t be able to move properly and they’d look stupid and everyone would laugh at how stupid they look! That sounds like an adequate amount of suffering! I will happily pay £10 to a cancer charity as long as this Person has suffered”
Resources are limited. People choose to give that limited resource to a select number of places. If you can show someone you are willing to put in effort for something, people are now working to donate.
I often have the same question for those “I am running a marathon dressed as an apple to raise money for cancer” things.
Person 1: “Can you give £10 to a cancer charity?”
Person 2: “No, sorry”
Person 1: “Could you give £10 if someone ran a marathon?”
Person 2: “I don’t really need anyone to run a marathon… unless… I dunno… could you make it more humiliating and difficult for them?”
Person 1: “I could make them dress in a giant apple costume?”
Person 2: “Hahaha! That would get really hot, and their legs wouldn’t be able to move properly and they’d look stupid and everyone would laugh at how stupid they look! That sounds like an adequate amount of suffering! I will happily pay £10 to a cancer charity as long as this Person has suffered”
Resources are limited. People choose to give that limited resource to a select number of places. If you can show someone you are willing to put in effort for something, people are now working to donate.