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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 17 June 2013 01:34:42PM 14 points [-]

Should one who wants to make a large positive impact on society go into politics over more "conventional" methods of effective altruism (becoming rich somewhere else or working for a high-impact organization)?

If you think about it, this is quite a striking statement about the LW community's implicit beliefs.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 23 June 2013 02:47:17PM *  1 point [-]

I agree with something; I am just not sure enough whether I agree with you. Could you please make those implicit beliefs a bit more explicit?

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 23 June 2013 08:47:10PM 1 point [-]

The implicit assumption is that people don't go into politics because they want (like, really, effectively, goal-oriented, outcome-based want) to make large positive impacts on society. We read a statement with that assumption quite plainly baked into it, and it doesn't seem weird. The fact it doesn't seem weird does itself seem kind of weird.

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