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Niching down is definitely working really well. I had an experience developing a website for a fancy gallery in London, and they were already "sold" to use Artlogic (https://artlogic.net) because every other gallery uses it. The builder itself was quite horrible and confusing tbh.

That's a great mission!

I'm building Kweet, an AI-powered analytics for nonprofit organizations. It allows nonprofits to get new donors by analyzing, predicting and improving their social media. Waitlist open: https://getkweet.com

Watch alarm vibrations work pretty well for me, slow and delicate awakening experience.

Interesting!

That's a really interesting idea! Gonna give it a try

“Pay yourself first” is 100% a way to a sustainable giving. The moment you start sacrificing your basic needs to help others, you are on the path to become the next one needing help, imo. Curious about your “good charity” indicators: do you take a close look at their financials? Read their impact stories? Or is it more intuitive, based on your experience?

Thanks a lot for your input and the 10 years you have put into volunteering. It is definitely quite often way more important than giving money, especially with your particular skill.

Would you mind elaborating on your take about the salaries of people working in the nonprofit sector? Do you believe their salaries should be covered by the government, or a separate donor pool covering overhead specifically? Or otherwise?

There is a brilliant book about the charitable sector of the UK called “Our common good. if the state provides less, who will provide more?”. It gives a good insight into UK’s art and education institutions, as well as healthcare.

Thank you so much for sharing your approach. It’s incredible that you are donating 10%, I do the same percentage as it doesn’t really affect your way of living and enjoying life.

I wonder how do you usually find out about your local, overlooked but impactful organizations?

Thanks a lot for the answer! It's great to hear you are a pledgee of Giving what you can and also donate to GiveDirectly. May I ask how you have first learned about these initiatives? Regarding the inefficient and ineffective charities: what are the key indicators that matter to you when making a decision if you want to support a particular charity?

Clean and beautiful, great job!

Looks fabulous!

r/askscience. Fascinating

Reading as a method to learn empathy - 100%.

To me, diving into different stories and perspectives basically broadens the way I perceive life in general.

Some recent mind-bending gems to me were all books by Hanya Yanagihara and the supreme universe Liu Cixin has built.

This is indeed the best way to digest and understand complex concepts and ideas. I am a very quick reader (60+ books per year), and I always summarize the most impressive books to my husband and friends. Reading a lot about about quantum physics recently (Quantum Physics Made Me Do It is incredible), and raising this topic had definitely led to quite a few fruitful discussions and a deeper understanding.

Working as a librarian back in the days, me & my colleague had to familiarize ourselves (on a surface level ofc) with over 3000 books from the collection. Each of us read 3-5 books per week, and we would summarize those to each other at a weekly meeting. That was incredibly helpful, and I'm in love with the concept of book clubs since then. Looking to join one btw!