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Who is doing the most good in the world, and how? (kbin.social)

submitted 7 months ago by fiat_lux@kbin.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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My feed is filled with bad news, which is my fault for using the fediverse as a news feed, but it made me wonder: Which organisations, groups or individual people in the world are doing the most good for our world? I'm particularly interested in those who manage to do good on a larger impact scale (quantity or quality), but if the unknown person on your street who fosters kittens is a great example, I'd love to hear about them too.

Mr. Rogers told me to look for the helpers in times of trouble. Tell me about your favorite helpers!

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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I would stop fixating on who is doing the most good, like some kinda top 6 listicle of Humanity's Most Positively Impactful Helpers, and just reach out to anyone who is helping.

because help is multidimensional and we don't know what metrics you personally consider more important (there is no objectivity here), 2) maybe I'm getting hung up on a word and have misunderstood you
I appreciate your sentiment and hope you find a worthy cause to throw in with! :)

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh it's less a fixation and more an interest in scale of impact. There's a lot of people out there who talk a big game but when you look at the results, they're clearly underwhelming. Edit: or worse, they're self-serving publicity not designed at all to do good. The blood donor in this thread is a great example of oversized impact, but that's difficult to replicate. It does give good food for thought in terms of things to look for that could use more support.

The multidimensionality is why I didn't provide any opening suggestions; I didn't want to guide the answers. This was so that I might find some dimensions I had not previously considered, and I was curious about what metrics others use to measure "good" in the first place. Unfortunately Elon Musk as always proved to be a topic that generates more opinions.

Thanks for the support though. Honestly, there are a huge number of good choices already, more than I could ever dedicate enough to. I'm hopeful there are some gems out there that have potential to really offset some the vast quantity of suffering the world has to offer, this was just a small experiment in looking outside my own bubble of experience for them.