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9. Expand your moral circle
- 6 signs a common practice may be wrong
+ Illusion of inevitability: history doesn't do things; people do. We still have to act and not count on history to bend towards justice naturally.
- Build coalitions with "the other side"; see the other perspective

10. Make future historians proud
Threats in modern society:
- nuclear weapons
- AI
- lab/synthesized pathogens

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//9. Expand your moral circle

//8. Save a life. Now only $4,999!

//4: It's hard to imagine

//6. Enrol at a Hogwarts for do-gooders

//5. Learn to weep over spreadsheets

4. See winning as your moral duty
Overton window: shift arguments to resonate with most, as good intentions are not enough (Noble Loser). i.e. one foot in the door first

5 myths about how change works:
The illusion of
1. awareness (belief-behaviour gap)
2. good intentions (failed charities)
3. right reasons (do: moral reframing)
4. purity (all-or-
5. synergy (-nothing

//V: The illusion of synergy

// 4. See winning as your moral duty

// 3. Join a cult (or start your own)

1. No, you're not fine just the way you are: take the leap

2. Lower your threshold for taking action: expose yourself to contagious and infectious inspirations from others