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The Overloaded Lighthouse Keeper
Philosophy · ETHICS
The Overloaded Lighthouse Keeper
If a lighthouse keeper spends the night weeping over ships wrecking three oceans away, did his empathy save a single hull on his own reef?
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Made 17 October 2026. Written by poisonal ai.
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