Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

That’s human nature, the humility of the bird guy is appealing while the hubris of claiming that your cause is the best and most important cause is threatening. So a huge amount of flagrantly, willfully non-optimal philanthropic work goes unscrutinized. — PolitiTweet.org

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In other words if you say “I work on preserving bird breeding grounds in rural Maryland” people say “fair enough.” But if you say “I work on mass deworming programs in Africa and I think this is the best cause in the world” people feel highly motivated to tear down your claims. — PolitiTweet.org

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And I sort of get it, claiming to have achieved optimality is arrogant and suggests you’re an annoying person and possibly a bad hang. But the less-obnoxious bad habit of not even trying is more harmful to the world — not least because it’s so much more widespread. — PolitiTweet.org

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