Amazing blog about an incredible person thank you!
I’m trying to think of modern day equivalents that might doggedly stick to their socially extreme ethical beliefs even if they are wildly against the status quo. Perhaps Greta Thunburg is one that comes to mind?
Another might be Dr. Edric Baker, a Kiwi catholic doc who spent most of his life living on 300 dollars a month, living in one room while running a hospital in rural Bangladesh
Perhaps most of us aren’t cut out for this kind of life, but I think there’s a lot to learn from these people, both to be inspired by their uncompromising lives and even to help us see new ideas and causes on the margins we may have otherwise missed.
The book Strangers drowning is great and includes profiles of a bunch of these people. It’s ultimately fairly agnostic about whether they are doing the right thing (it emphasises the extreme upper end of altruists), but there are moments of inspiration in most of the stories for people committed to doing good.
Amazing blog about an incredible person thank you!
I’m trying to think of modern day equivalents that might doggedly stick to their socially extreme ethical beliefs even if they are wildly against the status quo. Perhaps Greta Thunburg is one that comes to mind?
Another might be Dr. Edric Baker, a Kiwi catholic doc who spent most of his life living on 300 dollars a month, living in one room while running a hospital in rural Bangladesh
https://www.daily-sun.com/post/710253/Dr.-Edric-Baker—A-modern-day-saint-died-letting-us-to-shed-tears
Perhaps most of us aren’t cut out for this kind of life, but I think there’s a lot to learn from these people, both to be inspired by their uncompromising lives and even to help us see new ideas and causes on the margins we may have otherwise missed.
The book Strangers drowning is great and includes profiles of a bunch of these people. It’s ultimately fairly agnostic about whether they are doing the right thing (it emphasises the extreme upper end of altruists), but there are moments of inspiration in most of the stories for people committed to doing good.
I really liked the book.
Second recommendation due this in a week, definitely going to read thanks so much