Nicholas D. Kristof is one of my favorite journalists - his column today is definitely worth a read:
In a thoughtful book published this year, “The Life You Can Save,” Professor Peter Singer of Princeton University offers the pond example and explores why we’re so willing to try to assist a stranger before us, while so unwilling to donate to try to save strangers from malaria half a world away.
You get it - a child is crying right in front of you and you'll ask what's wrong (or, if you're at brunch with Yvette, say, "Since when are children allowed in restaurants?"), but you avoid the Children International reps on 7th Avenue like the plague. Admittedly, those reps are super annoying.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
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