1) You don’t get to choose your family;
I got very lucky with mine
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2) My mother, father, and brother all deserve shout-outs and helped me get where I am in life.
In honor of Mother’s day, this is about my mom, .
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3) She’s a professor at Stanford Law School, but some of her best work has been in philosophy, and in particular on consequentialism, which is at the root of Effective Altruism and has guided all four of our lives.
In fact, many EAs knew of her work before they knew me.
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4) (Some of her essays were published as ‘Facing Up to Scarcity’ by Oxford Press a few years ago, if you want to check them out!)
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5) In her (scarce!) spare time, she’s also a fiction writer.
Middle school mostly ruined fiction for me, but some of her stories have grabbed me back in.
Her published stories are at bhfried.com.
A collection (“It Goes Without Saying”) is forthcoming!
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I love this!! Parental love = underrated. My immigrant parents knew near nothing about the US system when they came, but their love (and utilitarian views) helped me get on the US math team, go to Stanford, do risky startups, seek truth, ++ Your family sounds awesome. ☺️
