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Re:A living death: Sentenced to die behind bars for what? by lancewiggs on Saturday November 16, 2013 @01:02AM (#6743853)
I really liked this "own a problem" perspective from an HR post (1). Pick a problem to help solve, prioritise that and deprioritise everything else to solve it.

You can also shift to work for an institution which is genuinely trying to do good, such as the World Bank or a not-for-profit. Or you can do what you can from within your own organisation to get them to be working to improve the world rather than take advantage of it.

(1) http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/11/what-problem-will-you-own/

<update - my apologies, there is a registration requirement for the article. The lightbox appears after a little wait, so you should be able to read it>

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Re:A living death: Sentenced to die behind bars for what? by nhaehnle on Saturday November 16, 2013 @03:15AM (#6744141)
"... such as the World Bank ..."

Just keep in mind the World Bank is considered by many as an instrumental part of a quasi-colonial system of institutions that is set up to exploit the third world through their advocacy for unfavorable debt and a certain economical bias.

I'm sure they also do some good, but they are at least a somewhat ambiguous organization.

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