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Organizations' utility curves for money are usually smooth (fundraiser milestones notwithstanding)

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[-]Paul Crowley9y*30

They are smooth relative to my state of knowledge. I don't know exactly how things are in the charity.

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[-]alexei9y*10

I'm not sure how you define "smooth." Continuous? Differentiable?

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[-]alexei9y*10

I think there is a version of this claim that's basically trivially true and a version that's interesting and not-obviously true. For example, utility difference between $150k vs $200k can be 2x larger than $200k vs $250k.

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[-]Eric Rogstad9y*10

Maybe "gradual" would be a better term. I mean that there aren't sharp transitions where e.g. raising 48k is not very valuable, but 50k+ is valuable.

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