It’s clear to me that I want to help people. I think my problem isn’t that help is abstract. My current work is in global health, and it’s a great joy to be able to observe the positive effects of that work.
My question is about what would be the best use of my time and work. I consider the possibility that this work should target improving the far future, but that kind of work seems intractable, indirect, conditional on many assumptions, etc. I’d appreciate good pointers to concrete avenues for improving the future that don’t suffer from these problems. Helping old ladies and introspection probably won’t help me with that.
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It’s clear to me that I want to help people. I think my problem isn’t that help is abstract. My current work is in global health, and it’s a great joy to be able to observe the positive effects of that work.
My question is about what would be the best use of my time and work. I consider the possibility that this work should target improving the far future, but that kind of work seems intractable, indirect, conditional on many assumptions, etc. I’d appreciate good pointers to concrete avenues for improving the future that don’t suffer from these problems. Helping old ladies and introspection probably won’t help me with that.