An additional possible reason: to be receptive to “caring less” about a cause, one generally has to engage with the fact that, given scarcity, we have to make trade-offs between the many opportunities to do good in the world. Many would agree this is true if asked, but don’t fully internalize this, as discussed in Nate Soares’ See the Dark World.
An additional possible reason: to be receptive to “caring less” about a cause, one generally has to engage with the fact that, given scarcity, we have to make trade-offs between the many opportunities to do good in the world. Many would agree this is true if asked, but don’t fully internalize this, as discussed in Nate Soares’ See the Dark World.