using power well is a skill before you get good at a skill, you're bad at it here, that means doing avoidable harm if you abdicate from the process because you don't want to hurt anyone, you leave the field to the uncaring ∴ compassion is the original perverse incentive
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altruism is a fake idea. the only true compassion flows through the river of self-service. but I'm not telling you anything you don't know
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altruism is possible, but the only real question for someone who wants to be treated as special and shiny because of their wonderful altruism is "why aren't you dead yet"https://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/980588942037798912 …
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Replying to @chaosprime @WanderingArbor
Hi
. Can you help me understand why someone who helps more people while alive, than their organs would save if dead, is not compatible with your definition of altruism?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Chaos Retweeted Chaos
nah, if someone's sure that whatever help they're going to perform later is more impactful than the 5-8 lives they could save today, and all help those 5-8 people will later perform, and that isn't just a rationalization, they're totally a live altruisthttps://twitter.com/chaosprime/status/1194740638996205569 …
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Replying to @chaosprime @SeanMombo
On the other hand those 5-8 lives could end up being 5-8 separate and distinct Hitlers so it's all a fucking wash really
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Replying to @WanderingArbor @chaosprime
Yeah that’s when we switch to killing to try and save lives
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Replying to @SeanMombo @chaosprime
sure, until somebody kills you, then gets killed for doing so altruism, baby
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it's the circle of liiiiiiife
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