Thank you for taking the time to write this post, Tobias.
It resonated a lot with me and as I’ve recently been thinking (and experiencing!) how privileged I am. I’m spending the winter in a warm place and there are a lot of homeless people here. One way I deal with this emotionally is that I give them 50ct-1€ every time I see a homeless person. This money does not come out of my normal donation budget and it makes me feel like I can make a slight difference in somebodys day. I know it’s not the “EA thing” to do, but as others said in the comments, there is no need to be sticking to EA principles 100% of the time.
Thank you for taking the time to write this post, Tobias.
It resonated a lot with me and as I’ve recently been thinking (and experiencing!) how privileged I am. I’m spending the winter in a warm place and there are a lot of homeless people here. One way I deal with this emotionally is that I give them 50ct-1€ every time I see a homeless person. This money does not come out of my normal donation budget and it makes me feel like I can make a slight difference in somebodys day. I know it’s not the “EA thing” to do, but as others said in the comments, there is no need to be sticking to EA principles 100% of the time.