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Will MacAskill on Creating Lasting Change

The Daily Stoic

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Why Shouldn't I Care More About People That Are Around Me?

I think the first thing is just almost certainly you do care. People would say, shouldn't I care more about people that are around me? Well, why should I be prioritizing even one minute of my own pleasure now for someone that essentially doesn't even exist to me? You can save a child on the other side of the world, you can protect them against from dying from malaria,. such that statistically you will save that child's life for just a few thousand dollars. That's like a better way to live a life.

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