Henry Gao(@henrysgao):“Regard other people’s property as one’s own”—which is why I have always said that Mozi was the earliest communist. Perhaps @VitalikButerin could put that principle into practice by making his ETH as everyone else’s ETH.

2026.09.17 03:05

“Regard other people’s property as one’s own”—which is why I have always said that Mozi was the earliest communist. Perhaps @VitalikButerin could put that principle into practice by making his ETH as everyone else’s ETH.

vitalik.eth@VitalikButerin

2026.09.17 00:39

Since many people are learning about effective altruism, it's worth learning about Mozi, the ancient Chinese philosopher who was surprisingly close to being a proto-effective-altruist (particularly the global-health-focused variety, not the AI-risk-focused variety). He valued the twin goals of (i) universal love, loving everyone and not just yourself and people similar or close to you, and (ii) being efficient about how you use your limited resources to most effectively help people.