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May you be agenty enough that your compassion yields utility, for you and your circle of moral concern.
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4Shankar Sivarajan
I of course don't know what he meant, but what I took it to mean is that there are probably cases in which you have everything else but just lack the will to do the thing, and was an exhortation to muster it and act! As has been said, "Hesitation is always easy, rarely useful." Seeing as it was posted this time of year, I figured it was a personal take on New Year's Resolutions.
I thought of it as a New Years blessing. Someone might say "Wishing a happy new year to you and your family & friends" and I kinda wanted to work with that a bit and expand it (and restate it in jargon for fun).
Like, wanting things to go well for your family & friends is fine, but being empowered to cause them to go well is even better. And "family & friends" is one sort of circle of moral concern; but around here maybe the reader is concerned about humanity or animals or lifekind or all sentient beings, so "your friends & family" could eas... (read more)
4Biff Wiff
Ok yeah, I think this is making sense to me now. Thanks!
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I think there were a couple extra "s"s ;)