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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

1 AI promises to help scientists leverage massive datasets and brain simulations to test new diagnoses and treatments at scalewithout the need for risky or costly human participation. 3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used. Neuroscientists are increasingly harnessing artificial intelligence to advance their work.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

These developersengineers, data scientists, and tech leaderscan fall victim to the pressure to be the first and fastest, driven by profit motives and competitive market forces. 15 Continuous surveillance also has a profound psychological impact, fostering an atmosphere of fear and hyper-vigilance that undermines mental health and wellbeing.16

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Zero-Problem Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Researchers recently argued that decades of problem-solving such as aggressive speed limits, seat-belt laws, or measures to reduce alcohol-impaired driving failed to improve many problematic aspects of transportation. Developing Healthy Individuals “Positive psychology is the scientific study of what makes individuals and communities thrive.”—

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Taking Steps Toward Disability Inclusion in China

Stanford Social Innovation Review

percent of the population, China has enacted more than 60 laws and regulations aimed at safeguarding the rights of individuals with disabilities, encompassing those with visual, auditory, linguistic, physical, intellectual, psychological, and multiple disabilities. With 85 million people with disabilities, or 6.5

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3 Big Reasons Why An ‘Ask’ Is Mostly About Your Donor’s Hero Story (Not Your Organization’s)

iMarketSmart

These establish motivation from the main character’s original identity. Without this, even a catastrophic threat won’t motivate action. To motivate dramatic action, the problem must be disruptive. Otherwise, it won’t motivate action. The narrative arc. Story moves through a narrative arc. The inciting incident.

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How to Make the Ask of a Gift in a Will Less Scary

iMarketSmart

2] More than that, the reality of our own death is a serious psychological problem. It provides motivation. We’ll be announcing our board participation at the banquet. The motivation isn’t about death. 52] It tested 24 bequest gift descriptions among nearly 10,000 participants. Simple answer. Live on after death.

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How to build deeper connections with your donors using surveys

iMarketSmart

Psychology studies show the same thing. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology , 76, 67-75.] Psychological Science, 26 (2), 231-236. [6] Psychological Science, 26 (2), 231-236, 234. [7] Psychological Science, 18 (9), 803-809. [9] In absence of money: a field experiment on volunteer work motivation.