That’s a good way to look at it. To some extent, though, dividing your time between “stuff I find fun” and “stuff that has a positive impact on the world” may be counterproductive; you can often find ways to spend your time that are equally fun and have some overall positive effect. Could be anything from playing Foldit instead of playing normal video games, to writing open-source software in your free time if you find that fun, to reading interesting nonfiction.
Doesn’t mean that those are an optimal way to spend your time in order to do good, but if you can replace some of your ‘leisure to avoid burnout’ with ‘leisure to avoid burnout and do good’ without negative consequences, then that seems useful.
That’s a good way to look at it. To some extent, though, dividing your time between “stuff I find fun” and “stuff that has a positive impact on the world” may be counterproductive; you can often find ways to spend your time that are equally fun and have some overall positive effect. Could be anything from playing Foldit instead of playing normal video games, to writing open-source software in your free time if you find that fun, to reading interesting nonfiction.
Doesn’t mean that those are an optimal way to spend your time in order to do good, but if you can replace some of your ‘leisure to avoid burnout’ with ‘leisure to avoid burnout and do good’ without negative consequences, then that seems useful.