"You shouldn’t try to take care of the world because you can’t"
What are global health programs if not exactly this? Why couldn't even the most powerless and neurotic of individuals go and get some low level job at some organisation that specialises in these programs and thereby help the world?
You have a very individualist ideology. People should take care of each other's weaknesses so that they have time to focus on their strengths. Help can start at home, but to say you have to reach enlightenment before it even becomes possible to help the world is a lack of imagination and a deep cynicism.
A less charitable interpretation of your words sounds like you think it's not even possible to help strangers at all, which is just basically wrong. I shouldn't even have to point out why that's wrong. Helping your addicted family member is difficult because the problem you're trying to solve is, well, addiction. But a stranger's problem could be something much simpler like a lack of connection or money or some health issue which requires a simple pill rather than lifelong support and therapy. This is just such basic stuff man.
"You shouldn’t try to take care of the world because you can’t"
What are global health programs if not exactly this? Why couldn't even the most powerless and neurotic of individuals go and get some low level job at some organisation that specialises in these programs and thereby help the world?
You have a very individualist ideology. People should take care of each other's weaknesses so that they have time to focus on their strengths. Help can start at home, but to say you have to reach enlightenment before it even becomes possible to help the world is a lack of imagination and a deep cynicism.
A less charitable interpretation of your words sounds like you think it's not even possible to help strangers at all, which is just basically wrong. I shouldn't even have to point out why that's wrong. Helping your addicted family member is difficult because the problem you're trying to solve is, well, addiction. But a stranger's problem could be something much simpler like a lack of connection or money or some health issue which requires a simple pill rather than lifelong support and therapy. This is just such basic stuff man.