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Why do you assume that "jumping into an awesome job to get rich" and "help[ing] the world become a better place" are mutually exclusive? I'm not sure what you
by kevbin 17y ago
Why do you assume that "jumping into an awesome job to get rich" and "help[ing] the world become a better place" are mutually exclusive?
I'm not sure what you mean by "social justice." If you mean it in the sense of ensuring equality of outcome, that's a path shown to make things worse for individuals and the societies in which they live.
If you're using the term to mean social-welfare, then join the Peace Corps, go to africa. Use your education and skills to make the distribution of resources and aid more efficient. Or start a company that links resources, aid, capital to those who can make use of them. Or take the best paying job you can find and send the disposable part to those in need. Don't avoid getting rich, it's the best welfare program we've got.
- ff0066mote 17y agoMy apologies. I didn't mean to imply that getting rich and helping the world are mutually exclusive. By "social-justice related field," I meant I do not want to work in a job where the ultimate purpose is power, profit, or "customer satisfaction." Rather, I would like to work where I am in some way (hopefully more direct than indirect) helping people exit the poverty cycle, helping to survive diseases which are already a non-issue in developed countries, helping to end human trafficking, etc. Obviously, some of these tie more closely to Computer Science than others. You were on the same page as me when you thought of resource/aid distribution systems. That's the only idea I've come up with for relating social justice to this field.