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Why the best time to solve problems might be the middle of the night

Fast Company Tech

They helped me generate article ideas or navigate complex, ambiguous problems. Your mind in the middle of the night In a well-known study from 2022 titled Mind after Midnight , a team led by scientists at the University of Arizona found that late-night thoughts tend to be negative, more ruminative, and more impulsive.

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5 Cybersecurity Best Practices for Your Nonprofit

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Safety, speed, and peace are mind are the hallmarks of premium website hosting. It was just a matter of time until a problem would arise. Finally, the monthly fees of premium hosting almost always include SSL certificates and CDNs which are essential to hosting a website on today’s internet.

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DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world

Ars Technica

Researchers at DeepMind have been working on this problem and have released a new technical paper (PDF), which you can download at your convenience. With that in mind, they aimed to understand the risks of a human-like synthetic intelligence, which they acknowledge could lead to "severe harm."

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Saving the world, losing your mind

Hands on Fundraising

Saving the world, losing your mind… does that sound familiar to you? and A Harvard Business School study shows that however lofty her professional position, family issues are still seen as a woman’s problem. The Association of Fundraising Professionals says 75% of fundraisers are women. Speed reading?

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It’s Time to Rethink Nonprofits

NonProfit PRO

Some major donors are shifting away from donating to nonprofits because, in their minds, nonprofits always ask for money, and the problems are never solved. Although the U.S. is a generous nation, Americans are skeptical about charities. Here are two critical ways that the sector can pivot to address this.

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6 Ways to Prepare Your Communications for Successful End-of-Year Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By Rosie Powers , a Strategist at Mission Minded —a branding firm that works exclusively with nonprofits, foundations, and independent schools. As summer fades into fall, end-of-year fundraising season is top-of-mind for nonprofits. Focus instead on the benefit that your work brings to the societal problem you’re trying to solve.

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This is how to rewire your brain in less than a day according to a neuroscientist

Fast Company Tech

He brings each person into his mind and heart, expresses gratitude for their work in the world, and considers how he can best support them. If we spend even as short of time as we do brushing our teeth nourishing our mind, our findings and the findings of other scientists show that this world would be a different place, he adds.

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