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I agree that people who are capable of doing high level work should do so, but the comparison shouldn't be a high-powered lawyer vs. picking up trash, it should
by nick_urban 15y ago
I agree that people who are capable of doing high level work should do so, but the comparison shouldn't be a high-powered lawyer vs. picking up trash, it should be: being a high powered lawyer vs. being a "high-powered leader" of a social movement. If Gandhi had decided to continue being a lawyer and donating his profits to charity, there's no way that all the cheap labor he could have hired would have added up to the kind of world-historical moment that his life did.
- jodrellblank 15y agoIt's more of an encouragement to think about the choices you make than a blanket "don't go doing good directly" warning. Trash collecting for an hour is easy to value compared to an hour of legal overtime, but an hour of "high powered leading a social movement" is much more nebulous.