If you want to understand the world, work in science. If you want to do good in the world, work in Effective Altruism. Or tech. If you want to pretend to do good for the social approval of others, work in 'social justice'.
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Effective Altruism includes the insight that you can do 1000x times more good if you're rational about how you do good. Why waste your time doing less effective things?
Fair enough. Anyone who brings net positive utility to others has lived a good life.
