Sorry for the lack of posts last week. This week I’m planning to do two, including something more substantial later on. In the meantime, please enjoy these pictures of goats from a trip I took to some farms last week.
Month: February 2018
Spiders I Have Known
On Reddit, there’s something called “low-effort content”, which is exactly what it sounds like. Example: you’re on Hearthstone Reddit and instead of making a detailed and hilarious post using neural networks, you post a screenshot of your game and add a snarky comment to it. “Spiders I Have Known” is low-effort content. Zambia is a…
Why Should You Care About Global Poverty?
Rich people in rich countries cannot avoid caring about domestic poverty. In my home country, the United States, people probably don’t care enough about domestic poverty (if we did, millions of people wouldn’t still be living under the poverty line). But most Americans do care (or feel they should care) about domestic poverty. In the…
Ignoring the Kids with the Pineapple
If you were thinking about getting me some ginger tea for my birthday (happy birthday to me!) but suddenly realized you can’t mail it to Zambia, donate that $5 to one of Givewell’s top charities.* This relates to the topic of this post, so if that seems intriguing, read on. I’ll put a disclaimer that…