Gemma 🔸

Product @ Tax Technology
1188 karmaJoined Working (6-15 years)Whitechapel, London, UK

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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.

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Due to the good weather, and following the principle that work expands to fill the time we give it, I’m 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!

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 

"It's like keeping all the benefits of a community while refusing to contribute to its future development or taking responsibility for its challenges. Win-win!"

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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

https://www.tiwb.org/resources/events/oecd-tax-and-development-days-2025-tiwb-a-decade-of-niche-assistance-to-developing-countries.htm 

Running late but will be there for first pom at 11

Thank you for sharing this! It is really brave to share but I think it is valuable to have concrete examples of the value they provide

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)

I've had similar thoughts. My hunch is that the demographic this messaging would land particularly well with would be wealthy older women. 

Somewhat related post about lead in the UK: https://ukdayone.org/briefings/a-hidden-epidemic-addressing-childhood-lead-poisoning-in-the-uk

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