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>"Not to have one's own interests at heart" —this is simply a moral fig-leaf concealing a very different fact, a physiological one, to wit:— "I no longer know how to find what is to my interest." Disintegration of the instincts! - Nietzsche on altruism https://t.co/k76BX6grET
me making a similar point about “ineffective” altruism https://t.co/Ml9KBYJHx4
i don’t think everyone’s good at coming up with stuff like that at first. maybe it’s “silly” or “ineffective” things like “buy a repaint of my local skate park.” maybe not the best use of money. but it doesn’t matter. it’s a start. it points to what you care enough about
a reintegration of instinct. a discovery, first hand contact with that which makes life whole at all https://t.co/pCdn6fDyew
