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How cause prioritization can diminish hands-on compassion

I used to volunteer at the animal shelter but EA convinced me factory farming matters more and now I miss the direct connection.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The optimization of impact can distance us from the embodied experience of caring that originally motivated moral concern.

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