I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve just started my new role as Head of Giving What We Can at The Centre for Effective Altruism. Giving What We Can has been a meaningful part of my life since I took The Pledge in 2016 (and engaged with the ideas even earlier), and I’m honoured to dedicate my next …
These are crazy times with COVID19 and the health, work and daily life impact that’s had – and it’s still only early days. We all process this it in different ways. For me it turns out that music has been one of those ways. Thank you to everyone who sent videos and audio tracks. The …
Communities often demand a constant source of nurturing for healthy maintenance and growth. Meet-up events are a great way to do this but organising such events can be exhausting and time consuming. Especially, the complex ones that need preparation and a hired venue – speaker events, presentations and discussion groups, for instance. A great strategy …
As the Australian political landscape continues to race to the bottom, remember this: we have options. Especially because in our country your vote can go a lot further with a preferential ballot (and a proportional senate). A redefining of the political spectrum and a switch to a conversation around policy instead of personality and a …
A lot of our human behaviour is motivated by negative emotions, or “sticks”, such as guilt, fear, shame, or entitlement. These behaviours wouldn’t exist if they weren’t “useful” (in an evolutionary psychology sense), just like many other heuristics (or “biases” in the negative sense). However, just because things may be useful (instrumental in achieving specific …
Everything has wrapped up with EAGxAustralia thanks to the help of my organising team and volunteers! All up we had 330 people attending the keynote, 180 participants across the weekend, 32 speakers, 30 volunteers, and a further 20 people at the retreat – but more important than those numbers was the 88% of feedback survey …
I was sorting through some Europe photos and had a queasy moment when I got to Dachau in light of the last 18 months but especially the last week. The German guide (pictured on left) we had was very good at explaining the context of the time and even read some newspaper quotes from editorials …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of what I’ve learned living on less. If you haven’t yet read the prequels this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. The power of habit While doing this challenge I re-read one of my all-time favourite books, The Power of Habit. The timing …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of what I’ve learned living on less. If you haven’t yet read the prequels this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. I’ve already discussed some of the parts of fundraising relating to people’s psychology so without further adieu here’s what I’ve learned about …
As promised, here’s the next instalment of what I’ve learned living on less. If you haven’t yet read the prequels this may make very little sense to you. Go read them first. I’ll wait. Without further adieu here’s what I’ve learned about poverty during my first 23 days of living on less to help raising money for highly effective poverty-alleviation charities. …