stop trying to be a "good person"
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stop trying to be a "good person"
No, you’re not fine just the way you are: time to quit your pointless job, become morally ambitious and change the world
Rutger Bregmantheguardian.com
We often discuss issues such as pollution, poverty, or corruption from a global perspective; yet we fail to consider them locally—in our city, neighborhood, or even family. We’re thus trained to be irresponsible: the more we think and talk about problems we can’t control—the more virtuous we feel but—the more we neglect the problems which are in
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I think the root of the problem is the globalization of all problems.
Now, it feels like anything bad that happens anywhere in the world is somehow relevant to me and my responsibility. It’s like, I’m not allowed to be happy as long as someone, somewhere, is having a bad time.
Especially with global problems, it’s like, how are you allowed to smile
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