robot-dreams comments on Why "Changing the World" is a Horrible Phrase - Less Wrong

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Comment author: robot-dreams 26 December 2014 07:42:31PM 0 points [-]

In all likelihood, you will not make the next billion-dollar nonprofit. You will not make the next billion-dollar business. You will not become the next congressperson in your district. This does not mean that you have not done a good job. It should not demoralize you in any way once you fail hardly to do these things.

At what point have you done a good job? On the other hand, at what point should you be demoralized? Yes, the answer depends on your personal philosophy, but how should someone who doesn't have a solid understanding of their personal philosophy think about such questions?

Comment author: ozziegooen 26 December 2014 10:15:42PM 0 points [-]

The purpose of this blog post was to demonstrate that the phrase change the world did not do a great job with these things. The question of what would be a good replacement or extension of it is a much more philosophical and complicated question that I wanted to leave outside of this for simplicity.