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I think he means don't be afraid to work at a problem you care about and you'll probably end up helping someone else. Although I'm not sure if he's saying the o

• gbog 14y ago
  > the opportunity to provide value for others is the goal or just a byproduct of your own interests In any place that I know of, other than here, the answer would be obvious. Provide value for other is not a random byproduct, it is a proactive endeavour. I was not so convinced about the ethical statement that one should actively do good some time ago. So many evil has been done in the name of good. And with enough cynicism, one can always find a selfish reason for any good done (Mother Theresa did what she did partly to be earn her paradise, right?). But now I have a kid, and I have changed my mind: I would certainly ask him to proactively do good to other. I am already insisting that he should let other kids play his train Lego. Sometime I wonder if having kids and understanding the consequences should not be mandatory before defending any ethical position. It is too easy to be cynical, to have bold unsustainable claims, to hope for the worst when you are not burdened with another human being's future.