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Thanos and Theodicy: Why don’t we just fix the world? (Part 1)
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Thanos and Theodicy: Why don’t we just fix the world? (Part 1)

Feb 22, 2019 | By Bradley Yam SY '21

Imagine that you are given a glove that granted you magical god-like powers over all of human life everywhere. You would only need to snap your fingers, and it would in some way make the world perfect. It would be whatever version of perfect you choose. Minmax human suffering and happiness? Done. Eradicate systemic oppression and inequality? Done. Eliminate scarcity of everything, everywhere? Done!

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