Perhaps the most widely practiced code of ethical behaviour is human rights. However, statements of human rights are often vague, and give little guidance on the question of when it’s permissible to violate someone’s rights, or how to deal with conflicts between them.

80000 Hours explains in two sentences why humans are fucked (via wirehead-wannabe)

At this point, I like to imagine you have a big collection labeled “issues” like some people collect butterflies, all conveniently sorted so you can show them to guests.

“And this book is my issues with overly-aggressive criminal justice systems.”

“What about this one?  It looks pretty.”

“My issues with collecting issues.  It’s a bit too meta so I don’t like to talk about it.”