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Poor Richard

July 8, 2009

I met Richard at the new bar on my street. I had stopped for dinner, one of my late night forages for food in the neighbourhood. I ordered tibbs (roasted goat with onions and peppers) and began eating. As in any situation where others were close, I offered for them to join me. A typical [...]

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Avoiding More Useless Charities: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself

June 22, 2009

So you’re thinking of starting a charity.
Let’s just ask the question: with your new charity, do you want to actually help people, or just feel good about yourself? For example, let’s ask ourselves this as we examine the high-impact strategy of giving away video games to ‘needy kids’, as newly-formed Pixel Equity does. Read about [...]

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