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Throughout history there are people who have probably saved millions of lives in their professions. Stanislav Petrov<\/a> is believed to have averted a possible nuclear war, Norman Borlaug\u2019s<\/a> research contributed to the \u201cGreen Revolution\u201d that reduced starvation, and Viktor Zhdanov<\/a> convinced the WHO to launch a campaign against smallpox, leading to the complete eradication of the dreaded disease. Even if few people will positively affect the world on that level, it highlights that individual people can have an enormous impact with their lives. <\/p>\n

In addition to working directly with something impactful, you can make a difference with the salary you earn. In fact, if you\u2019re living in Sweden, and reading this guide, you probably have a greater financial opportunity to make a difference than you are aware of.<\/p>\n

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Exercise <\/p>\n

Do you know how rich you are compared to the rest of the world? Do you belong to the 20 percent who earn the most? Are you at the absolute top? Guess for yourself, then enter your annual post-tax income to see the answer.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.givingwhatwecan.org\/how-rich-am-i<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10106","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-career-guide"],"yoast_head":"\nEffektiv Altruism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/what-can-one-person-do\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What can one person do? - Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Throughout history there are people who have probably saved millions of lives in their professions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/what-can-one-person-do\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Effektiv Altruism\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Asset-1@13x.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2258\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1179\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Making-a-difference-What-can-one-person-do_.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-one-person-do\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-one-person-do\\\/\",\"name\":\"What can one person do? - Effektiv Altruism\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-one-person-do\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-one-person-do\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Making-a-difference-What-can-one-person-do_.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-20T07:06:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-one-person-do\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-one-person-do\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-one-person-do\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Making-a-difference-What-can-one-person-do_.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Making-a-difference-What-can-one-person-do_.webp\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/course\\\/what-can-one-person-do\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.effektivaltruism.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"1. 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