Be patterns, be examples in all countries, places, islands, nations wherever you come; that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of people, and to them; then you will come to walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone; whereby in them you may be a blessing.
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Effective altruism is not about driving yourself to a breakdown. We don't need people making sacrifices that leave them drained and miserable. We need people who can walk cheerfully over the world, or at least do their damnedest.
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I really like this post and it reminds of Peter Singer's thought experiment of getting your shoes wet to save a child from drowning in a shallow pond.The idea is that altruism is right when the gain to someone else is large and the personal sacrifice is relatively small.So although small sacrifices for the sake of benefiting other people are often worth doing, large sacrifices that significantly decrease your wellbeing probably aren't.
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