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Great article, thank you! I have just recently in the last 6 months decided to focus on how to live with altruistic purpose. I've decided that for myself, I can do the most good by developing a for profit business that has a meaningful social cause. the cause I will focus on, that is most dear to me, is in sponsoring international orphans with disabilities to be adopted into loving homes here in the USA. Specifically, we will sell retail product, but donate 50% of all profits to sponsoring children, one at time. We have already identified an i... (read more)

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RomeoStevens
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Hey, this is fantastic! But I did want to point to something that helped me a lot, which purchase fuzzies and utilons separately. Personally, I find the most emotionally compelling cause to be euthenasia rights. I'm horrified by the fact that we are literally torturing people with terminal diseases for no reason. Despite how strongly I feel about this, I realized that this wasn't where I was able to have the highest impact. It is hard to propagate the feelings I have about this cause towards causes I "know" are superior in impact, but it is something I strive to do on an ongoing basis. Don't let worry about this discourage you though. Doing something even with uncertainty is ALWAYS better than doing nothing just because of uncertainty.