Various Ways to Enable People

An essay on LessWrong explores what truly matters in work: enabling others to thrive. The author walks through major categories—teaching, maintaining institutions, parenting, reducing child mortality and poverty, and mitigating existential risk—and observes that different paths enable people at vastly different scales. For those already in a career, it proposes immediate actions: practicing kindness, supporting dependents financially, earning money to give away, encouraging others, and sharing ideas. The core idea: enabling others—whether directly or by supporting their work—is where true impact and fulfillment converge.

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