Jacob Harold

Jacob Harold

@jacobharold.bsky.social

do-gooder, etc www.craftingimpact.org

159 Followers 127 Following 1 Posts Joined Jan 2024
4 months ago

And they actually called it "Truth Predict"

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4 months ago
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What Isn’t Intelligence? | Los Angeles Review of Books Patrick House is inspired by Blaise Agüera y Arcas’s “What Is Intelligence?” to think about what might constitute the difference between artificial and natural intelligence.

"The trajectory of intelligent life on this planet can be described as an evolution of its verbs: to move, to reproduce, to hunt, to hide, to feel, to use, to make, to think." lareviewofbooks.org/article/what...

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4 months ago
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Zuckerberg, Chan Shift Bulk of Philanthropy to Science. Their giving will now focus on AI and biology to curb disease.

Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan are shifting their philanthropy to focus on Biohub, the pair’s science organization, to use AI to accelerate scientific discovery and disease prevention.
https://phlnthrp.com/3Xh5hGo

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5 months ago

I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email

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6 months ago
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The Coming Ecological Cold War Decarbonization isn’t just about technology and markets—it’s a geopolitical revolution.

We are on the verge of a new Cold War, defined not by an ideological contest over the proper relationship between politics and the economy, but over the metabolic basis of modernity. Call it the Green Entente vs. the Axis of Petrostates. My latest: foreignpolicy.com/2025/09/01/e...

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7 months ago
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Recombination as Rebirth (SSIR) In this time of crisis, nonprofits may be forced into mergers, acquisitions, and sunsets. A few principles will help leaders make the most of a difficult moment.

Mergers, acquisitions, and other organizational transitions are difficult for nonprofits no matter what—but especially when done under duress.

Former GuideStar CEO @jacobharold.bsky.social has experienced and studied these restructurings and shares 7 principles for making them successful:

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11 months ago
How to Build a Climate Funding Strategy in the Age of Trump As federal climate policy is dismantled, grant makers need to end their silence and get to work.

Terrific @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social op-ed by @jacobharold.bsky.social w/ 5 tips for climate funders.
Spend now
Rethink existing structures
Show trust
Stop bickering
Consider whole picture

I'd add a 6th to fend off despair: Support achievable proof points.

www.philanthropy.com/article/how-...

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