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I’m William MacAskill (proof: picture and tweet) - one of the early proponents of what’s become known as “effective altruism”. I wrote the book Doing Good Better (and did an AMA about it 7 years ago.)
I helped set up Giving What We Can, a community of people who give at least 10% of their income to effective charities, and 80,000 Hours, which gives in-depth advice on careers and social impact. I currently donate everything above £26,000 ($32,000) post-tax to the charities I believe are most effective.
I was recently profiled in TIME and The New Yorker, in advance of my new book, What We Owe The Future — out this week. It argues that we should be doing much more to protect the interests of future generations.
I am also an inveterate and long-time Reddit lurker! Favourite subreddits: r/AbruptChaos, r/freefolk (yes I’m still bitter), r/nononoyes, r/dalle2, r/listentothis as well as, of course r/ScottishPeopleTwitter and r/potato.
If you want to read What We Owe The Future, this week redditors can get it 50% off with the discount code WWOTF50 at this link.
AMA about anything you like![EDIT: off for a little bit to take some meetings but I'll be back in a couple of hours!]
[EDIT2: Ok it's 11.30pm EST now, so I'd better go to bed! I'll come back at some point tomorrow and answer more questions!]
[EDIT3: OMFG, so many good questions! I've got to head off again just now, but I'll come back tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon EST)]
Hi there! GIB Games CEO (u/clickity_clickity) here with other members of Team GIB. We are a completely remote VR studio with a focus on accessibility and innovation in gaming! Last month we released "Cold Start: The Callisto", a VR murder mystery puzzle game, and today we're here to talk about our projects, VR, game development, and gaming accessibility.
Here today are:
Toast, (u/clickity_clickity) CEO of GIB Games, award-winning author, and game developer of 15 years
Borg (u/WeAreBorg), COO of GIB Games, networking guru, and massive nerd
Swa (u/swamusic), 3d artist and level designer, musician, and the mind behind cosmic_ocean, the earworm I can't get outta my head
Jester (u/jesteph), level designer and developer
Rarity (u/AureliusVirtus), the voice of "REGAC"
Sherm (u/theesherm), tiktok sensation behind SCP's Site 42 and voice of "Deputy Adams"
UPDATE: Thank you everyone for three awesome hours of questions about the work we do! We'll answer them throughout the day but we've gotta get back to work. Thanks again, reddit!
Hi everyone, I was a paramedic for ten years in Australia before being diagnosed with PTSD seven years ago.
I have seen and experienced the underbelly of a thriving, “normal” society.
I’ve met some amazing people, I’ve seen death and also stopped it in its tracks. But I’ve also got stories about the fun times, pranks we played on each other, and a lot of dark humour.
I’m still going through the healing process, but I’m at a point where I want to share my experience with others.
Ask Me Anything!
Proof: https://imgur.com/a/Tlv7GId
PROOF: https://imgur.com/Q7XdB9V
As an ophthalmologist and medical educator, I've worked extensively to enhance ophthalmic education and eye care globally.
My ophthalmology profession spans from educator, clinician, hospital CEO, ophthalmology department chair, and as medical society executive leadership to transformational professional leader. I was also the Executive Vice President and founding CEO of the American Academy of Ophthalmology for 17 years, from 1976 to 1992, and the founding CEO of multi-health care systems for 15 years, in San Francisco, Chicago (Northwestern University) and New York (Columbia and Cornell Universities).
I now serve as Secretary-Treasurer of the Opthalmology Foundation and Chairman Emeritus of the Pacific Vision Foundation.
I've given over 40 named lectures and published over 140 refereed publications.
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