Can a person be good in the modern world, where every choice has hidden harms?

Hank said in 2019 that being a good person keeps getting harder, and in 2021 that we must accept doing some harm and work to reduce it. In 2025 he called it a dumb idea that work inside a broken system must itself be bad. John said in 2025 that he shares the blame for injustice he would rather place on others.

Axis: a person can still be good in a complex world ... being good is nearly impossible when every choice has hidden harms

Positions by date: 5 records in 5 videos. The position did not change in these records.

John

date	how	position	video
2025-11-04	first on record	John says he always wants to place the blame for this injustice outside himself, on a Person X or Corporation Y; they have played their part, but so has he.	The Real Question 00:04:23

Hank

date	how	position	video
2019-11-06	first on record	Hank says this is rough to hear because he kind of believes it: every day the world gets a little more complicated and being a good person gets a little harder.	Can You Be a Good Person in 2019? 00:00:51
2021-10-22	restate	Hank says the world is messy and we must stop thinking we can survive in it without harm: mitigate harm, solve problems, and accept the solutions will create more problems.	A Tool with No Blood on It 00:02:55
2022-04-01	restate	At his desk Hank sees things that have done harm, his iced tea bottle, a chicken sandwich, websites where we share and tear at each other, yet he loves them too.	I Don't Have a Good Title for This Video. 00:01:57
2025-10-10	restate	Hank calls it a dumb idea that if you recognize the system you are inside as imperfect, broken or bad, any work you do inside it must also be imperfect, broken or bad.	Maybe This is My Problem 00:03:58