Giles comments on People who want to save the world - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Giles 15 May 2011 05:45:17AM 1 point [-]

Dunno - to me they sound almost equivalent (except that you have no other motivations at all, and I'm not sure I can honestly say that about myself).

In any case, I'm not sure what sounds scary. It's all the people who don't seem to want to improve the world in any way at all that scare me.