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Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
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Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
#22Just making the world better is the simplest thing that might work.
highest return-on-efforts ways to make the world a better place for as many people as possible?
“Return” is for your ego. So is “as many people as possible.” Good luck.
Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe a nice halfway point would to be vegetarian...
incremental steps like reducing or eliminating beef consumption by substituting less water intensive meat (e.g. chicken / turkey) are also helpful
Do you know if there are food tracker apps that can incorporate a n emissions style tracker into food planning and eating? For example is it better to opt for imported sardines or for locally grown chicken? I imagine the answer varies.
Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
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Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
#25Donate to causes you care about.
Volunteer your time.
Adopt an animal that otherwise might be euthanized.
Pick up litter.
Be nice to strangers.
Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
#26Plant trees.
Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
#27Just making the world better is the simplest thing that might work. highest return-on-efforts ways to make the world a better place for as many people as possible? “Return” is for your ego. So is “as many people as possible.” Good luck.
Exactly this. It compounds. I like how someone said go vegan, but really "eat less beef" works just as well.
Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
#28This has been quality answered many times by smartest people but nobody cares. Take Kant for example and go improve yourself, as the only part of the world you can really change.
I'm not a fan of the things proposed by 80000 Hours or other smartest people. There's a lot of people who said that AI would be the most important thing to work on, and those people ended up using AI for evil in the end.
Plus it assumes that survival or suffering are the highest priority things, but there's a lot more other things like community and civilization.
Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
#29Just be the change you want to see in the world.
Re: Ask HN: Ideas for small ways to make the world a better place
#30Give way to people crossing the street.
I come from Mexico, where millions of people walk and take public transport every day. Unfortunately, poor infrastructure and our mobility culture hurt pedestrians the most. Sometimes people have to wait several minutes just to cross a street. Years ago, a teacher told me that giving way to pedestrians was a simple action to make the world better. It makes a real difference for those who don't have the privilege of being in a car. This stuck with me, and I try to do it whenever possible. It might not apply everywhere with better infrastructure, but I find it to be a small yet meaningful action.