Capla comments on On Caring - Less Wrong

99 Post author: So8res 15 October 2014 01:59AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 15 October 2014 02:18:58PM 5 points [-]

Exciting vs. burdensome seems to be a matter of how you think about success and failure. If you think "we can actually make things better!", it's exciting. If you think "if you haven't succeeded immediately, it's all your fault", it's burdensome.

This just might have more general application.

Comment author: Capla 21 October 2014 01:17:50AM 1 point [-]

If I'm working at my capacity, I don't see how it's my fault for not having the world fixed immediately. I can't do any more than I can do and I don't see how I'm responsible for more than what my efforts could change.