What’s the best way to spend $20K to help the common good?

Re:What’s the best way to spend $20K to help the common good? by learnstats2 on Monday June 29, 2015 @04:29AM (#9796959)

This seems like helping people is something to be kept at arm's length. Even the list of options seem predicated on hyper-capitalism. Where's the compassion?

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Re:What’s the best way to spend $20K to help the common good? by mori on Monday June 29, 2015 @04:51AM (#9797023)

Compassion is the feeling compelling on to help others, no? In that case, the best thing to do is to help others as much as one can- that is, as effectively as one can.

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Re:What’s the best way to spend $20K to help the common good? by eru on Monday June 29, 2015 @04:48AM (#9797017)

Compassion makes you a nice person to hang out with. It doesn't make you an effective person.

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Re:What’s the best way to spend $20K to help the common good? by learnstats2 on Monday June 29, 2015 @04:58AM (#9797038)

No, compassion does not make you a nice person to hang out with:

"Compassion is the response to the suffering of others that motivates a desire to help. Compassion is really the act of going out of your way to help physical, spiritual, or emotional hurts or pains of another."

Giving your money to the Gates Foundation concentrates it on areas that are already receiving disproportionate help (e.g. from the Gates Foundation).

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