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When I was 21, I was sucked into a world of ambition. …
x Changing the world for the worse — LessWrong Effective altruism World Optimization Frontpage 2026 Top Fifty: 11 % 130 Changing the world for the worse by mingyuan 22nd Feb 2026 Linkpost for mingyuan.substack.com 3 min read 17 130 When I was 21, I was sucked into a world of ambition. Starting my adult life in the Bay Area, I was surrounded by the sense that I was supposed to start a startup, change the world. I never wanted to start a startup. Reading stories of famous founders, and living and working with startup founders myself, it seemed to me that the amount of belief you’d have to have i
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