works
Robin Hanson Let us give to future online 18 months ago I wondered: Franklin … [left] £1000 each to Philadelphia and Boston in his will to be invested for 200 years. … by 1990 the funds had grown to 2.3, 5M$. … Why has Franklin’s example inspired no copy-cats?.

Let us give to future

Robin Hanson

Overcoming bias, September 19, 2011

Abstract

18 months ago I wondered: Franklin … [left] £1000 each to Philadelphia and Boston in his will to be invested for 200 years. … by 1990 the funds had grown to 2.3, 5M$. … Why has Franklin’s example inspired no copy-cats?.

PDF

First page of PDF