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Thanks, I like this response. Is this worth more than the contributions made towards war, the erosion of privacy and general corruption? Could you (in theory) i

by Joof 11y ago

Thanks, I like this response. Is this worth more than the contributions made towards war, the erosion of privacy and general corruption? Could you (in theory) instead give your money directly to these causes. Some jobs may also enable others to do their jobs more effectively, who may in turn enable someone to benefit the general welfare. Having a direct, measurable effect is admittedly rather nice, but that isn't the majority of jobs.

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
If it were up to me I would certainly re-allocate where my money went. On a professional level, I don't feel that I'm necessarily making the world better (at least for now, and with the caveat that I do believe that I am contributing to an increased mean utility), but at least I'm not making it worse (one of the consequences with my last employer is that if we succeeded it would put some people out of work; I left for many reasons but one was that I decided I was no longer comfortable with that).