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> Deciding what to work on might be the most important question in life.

Work on being a positive influence in the world. Help your neighbour when they are in need and fight for the rights of those less fortunate than yourself.



>"Work on being a positive influence in the world."

Different groups have different "positives" / negatives. So unless trivial like don't eat babies who's the judge?


> who's the judge?

You are. Decide for yourself what it means to be a positive influence in the world and do that. This isn’t that hard, it’s not a gotcha. If you are capable of empathy, you are capable of understanding what it means to be good for others, learn from mistakes, and do better.

Also, I provided examples:

> Help your neighbour when they are in need and fight for the rights of those less fortunate than yourself.

Seems unambiguous to me.


Everyone wants to feel special. A little common humanity goes a long way.


Customers / users are the judge.




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