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How to navigate judgment about personal choices in altruistic communities

My EA friends think I'm selfish for wanting kids when I could donate that money to save lives instead.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The tension between personal fulfillment and utilitarian optimization reveals the loneliness of living by others' moral calculations.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Effective altruism examined?”

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