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Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by JamesBarney on Friday May 31, 2019 @01:34PM (#20063087)
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.
Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by badpun on Friday May 31, 2019 @02:10PM (#20063469)
Good != 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.
Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by JamesBarney on Friday May 31, 2019 @03:52PM (#20064345)
I 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.
Re:I Grew Up Gifted, but My Life Didn’t Turn Out the Way I E... by badpun on Friday May 31, 2019 @05:26PM (#20065139)
Wars 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.