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Strangers Drowning
- Youngme recommends "Strangers Drowning" by Larissa MacFarquhar, profiling extremely altruistic people.
- Examples include a couple adopting 20 children and another establishing a leprosy colony in India.
Moral Compass
- The book's title comes from a Peter Singer thought experiment about helping drowning strangers.
- It questions our responsibility to help those far away versus those immediately in front of us.
Refugee Aid
- Mihir recounts a radio interview about Polish youths helping Ukrainian refugees.
- Their generosity transformed their lives until the prospect of helping Middle Eastern refugees arose, changing their perspective.