I was born at the end of the cold war, unaware of the danger we were emerging from. Duck and cover drills (as if those could protect schoolchildren from a nuclear blast) were a curiosity of the past.
The farmer-poet Wendell Berry, who wrote about the dread of nuclear war, died recently. From his 1968 “The peace of wild things”:
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least...
Previously: GiveWell raised less than its 10th percentile forecast in 2023 · GiveWell fundraising up 17% in 2024
GiveWell has published its...
Last week, we helped facilitate a Digital Platform Coordination call to start conversations between members of the animal advocacy movement and see where work might intersect. If anyone is involved in digital platforms, either using existing solutions or building your own, feel to join the conversation on Slack as we continue to coordinate & share info.