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When each proud fighter brags

Remembering Max Chiswick, may his memory be a blessing.

Donations 2022-2024

editorial note: This post is incomplete, but I'm publishing it in its current form in the hopes that it'll be helpful to other people thinking about their end-of-year donation decisions. While I, as ever, recommend that every serious donor use a donor advised fund to allow

Onward, again

This January, I left my job as a trader at Jane Street (most recently in Hong Kong) to take a role leading a project at the FTX Foundation. I have positive things to say about Jane Street as an excellent place for many of my friends to work, and my

Donations 2021

This post describes my thoughts, at the end of 2021, about donating money to make the universe a better place. I remain committed to using at least 10% of what income I earn to do so. This year is the first time since 2017 that I'm substantially changing

Donations 2020

Weird year, right? Still, some things don't change -- I remain committed to using at least 10% of what income I earn to make the universe better. Here's how I'm thinking about doing that at the end of 2020. (0) Back in February 2019,

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