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stop trying to be a "good person" - by Celeste 🌱

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the bitter lesson of consequentialism.

[epistemic status - I am quite confident all of this is true1 and every rebuttal I can think of is handled in a footnote] UPDATED epistemic status: Excellent critcism in the comments, lots of use of hyperbole and non-arguments in the article. I also presuppose utilitarianism. epistemic status is neurondumpy frustration at best.2 This post was sparked after I met someone who earns a lot of money, and donates around ~$200K+ every year to effective animal charities. One of my friends got really annoyed with me after I called her “probably the most ethical person I know”. But today I want to…

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