Comment on A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

• Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t think you are using altruist right, or I am missing some sarcasm here.

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  • SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A lot of the ultra wealthy espouse a nonsense philosophy called “Effective Altruism”, which asserts a kind of utilitarian “most good for the most people” ethic, but in such a way that one can basically justify any action as being, eventually, for the most good ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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    • aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Including being good to hypothetical, unlikely trillions that may live someday if we colonize Mars.

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