If I have a choice between actions, and one of them is more likely to save the world than the other, I will take the one that is more likely to save the world.
Even I don’t live up to that every time, not even close, but it sure sounds a lot scarier than “wanting to save the world”, doesn’t it?
Horoscope version: What matters is not what you want, but what you actually do. Today, be on the lookout for choices between actions that are more likely to achieve your goals, and actions that are less likely to do so, and when those situations come up, actually do the former.
-- Eliezer Yudkowsky
Horoscope version: What matters is not what you want, but what you actually do. Today, be on the lookout for choices between actions that are more likely to achieve your goals, and actions that are less likely to do so, and when those situations come up, actually do the former.