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dear internet,

Going to the school I go to has made me want to save the world. Basically every class I take reinforces this point, because every year I learn more about how awful so much stuff in the world is. The thing is, in my heart of hearts, I don't think I want to volunteer in Africa, or teach in some small village in the Andean mountains. I think I want to settle down in Western Europe and start a family, and maybe work for some sort of UN-affiliated type thing, even though I know that large intergovernmental organizations often do more harm than good (case in point: World Bank.) Does this make me a bad person? Should I bite the bullet and go do something good for the world so as to repay the debt I owe for the privileged life I lead (good education, well-off, at least by world standards, parents, etc.)?