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Jacob Harold

@jacobharold.bsky.social
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"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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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.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
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. phlnthrp.com/3Xh5hGo
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Zuckerberg, Chan Shift Bulk of Philanthropy to Science.
Their giving will now focus on AI and biology to curb disease.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I will say if that whole military meeting had been an email it would have been a pretty weird email
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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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The Coming Ecological Cold War
Decarbonization isn’t just about technology and markets—it’s a geopolitical revolution.
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Stanford Social Innovation Review @ssir.org · 24/07/2025
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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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.
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James Siegal @jamessiegal.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
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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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.
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