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I imagine smart people have done more good for the world than good people. The big lasting improvements to our lives have almost exclusively come from technolog
by JamesBarney 7y ago
I imagine smart people have done more good for the world than good people. The big lasting improvements to our lives have almost exclusively come from technology and when you look back at technology the vast majority of it was created by smart people(a lot of whom were good too). Vaccines, antibiotics, and farming technology have probably saved more people than every charity that has ever existed combined.
- badpun 7y agoGood != charity. Good people voluntarily enlisted in war to fight tyrants. Or sacrificed to give decent upbringing to their kids, often against extreme hardships, so that they don't become degenerates or criminals. Etc etc.
- JamesBarney 7y agoI don't know much good on average wars do. For every good person fighting a tyrant, there's a good person fighting for the tyrant.
- badpun 7y agoWars are bad (assuming they are usually started by "the bad guys" - an unreasonable aggressor). But, in order to stop the bad guys from taking over the world, the good guys need to sacrifice their lives.