One Life Against the World - LessWrong
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"Whoever saves a single life, it is as if he had saved the whole world." – The Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:5 …
x One Life Against the World — LessWrong Quantified Humanism Shut Up and Multiply Scope Insensitivity Altruism Consequentialism Effective altruism Frontpage 134 One Life Against the World by Eliezer Yudkowsky 18th May 2007 3 min read 86 134 "Whoever saves a single life, it is as if he had saved the whole world." – The Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:5 It's a beautiful thought, isn't it? Feel that warm glow . I can testify that helping one person feels just as good as helping the whole world. Once upon a time, when I was burned out for the day and wasting time on the Internet - it's a bit complicated, but
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