London GWWC group co-lead: https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/london
Organiser of the EY Effective Altruism workplace group and EA London Quarterly Review coworking sessions.
Original EA Taskmaster https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/9qcnrRD3ZHSwibtBC/ea-taskmaster-game
In my day job, I'm an accountant turned product person in tax technology.
Hi both,
Yes I have attempted this at my former workplace and in the effective giving context - varying levels of success but I do have thoughts.
@Jeltsje Boersma I'd be happy to have a quick call about it - feel free to DM me on here
For the tax nerds, cool event next week from the OECD:
Tax Inspectors Without Borders: A decade of niche assistance to developing countries
12 March 2024 | 13:45 - 14:45 CET
I read this more like the guy was lonely and wanted community so was looking for some kind of secular religion to provide grounding to his life.
I personally think people overrate people's stated reasons for extreme behaviour and underrate the material circumstances of their life. In particular, loneliness https://time.com/6223229/loneliness-vulnerable-extremist-views/
(would genuinely be interested to hear counter arguments to this! I'm not a researcher so honestly no idea how to go about testing that hypothesis)
Due to the good weather, and following the principle that work expands to fill the time we give it, Iâm shortening this event to run from 10:30am to 1pm.
My plan is that we'll do four 25-minute Pomodoros during this time.
Looking forward to it folks!