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mike00632 on April 11, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News

You can't do anything if you're not even informed about it. There are numerous examples of the public giving enormous amounts of money and relief to victims of, for example, natural disasters.

fsloth on April 11, 2019 [–]

Surely one can do much more good through their daily conduct, rather than only chipping in in exceptional circumstances?

And if a person is improving their community by their conduct, they recieve their information through direct interaction, rendering news irrelevant.

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