I did like Holden’s post of that name, though it would be easy to mangle the concept in translation.
One better way to phrase it might be in historical perspective: “If someone wanted to help people as much as they could a hundred years ago, they might be able to volunteer in their town, and—unless they were Cornelius Vanderbilt—that would be about as good as it got. Now, we know a lot more about the world, which means we can help a lot more people, and make better use of whatever time and energy we’d like to give.”
I did like Holden’s post of that name, though it would be easy to mangle the concept in translation.
One better way to phrase it might be in historical perspective: “If someone wanted to help people as much as they could a hundred years ago, they might be able to volunteer in their town, and—unless they were Cornelius Vanderbilt—that would be about as good as it got. Now, we know a lot more about the world, which means we can help a lot more people, and make better use of whatever time and energy we’d like to give.”