One Minute in Hell - Matt Beard's Substack

When I say we have important problems to solve, this is what I mean

Quick, angry post today. My career advice articles have argued that there are unacceptable levels of suffering and risk in the world, but that you can do something about it. I think they’ve been popular because people are desperate to wring some meaning from their work, and the only serious way to do that is to consider the wellbeing of others. But clearly I wasn’t specific enough. A commenter recently accused me of being vague and sanctimonious about the world’s problems, caring more about joining some “good person club” than actually improving the world. They said the phrase “poorest…

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