Hi! I'm Aaron! 🎉

I'm a writer, musician, storyteller, and community builder.

Currently:
Building Abundance House, a residency for extraordinary founders pursuing their life's work and creating projects that will massively transform society.
Settled in SF where I helped start The Muse after 2.5 years of living nomadically. Originally from NYC.
Previously:
General Partner at Open Heart Capital, a $5M+ quantitative fund that donates its performance fee to highly effective public health charities.
Co-Director, Effective Altruism NYC.
Growth, Enigma (now Secret Network).
Adjunct professor of social entrepreneurship, CUNY.
Science educator, American Museum of Natural History.
Ever and always:
Co-Founder, Impact Labs, a community of 10,000+ optimistic engineers.
BA in philosophy (ethics), Brown University.
In 2017, I took the Giving What We Can pledge to donate 10% of my income. In 2021, I took the Further Pledge to donate any extra income beyond $70k in perpetuity. These decisions have had profoundly positive impacts on my life - talk to me if you’re interested in taking them. ❤️

Communities I’m a part of:
Effective altruism, Interact Fellows, Feÿtopia, Sleepawake '24 (I couldn't recommend this more highly for people in their 20s), Slavin Fellows, T3, The Learned League, Rigdzin, One Salon, Foresight Institute (Existential Hope fellow 2023), OnDeck (Longevity Biotech #1), the pirates of ARRR!!!, and all the amazing community houses I’ve lived in.
Projects I’m working on or have worked on in the past:

Interesting things about me:
Co-living enthusiast (currently living at The Muse in SF), Burner (see if you can spot me in this video), ENM evangelist, classical pianist of 25+ years, certified Thai body worker, professional Klezmer musician, black belt in Taekwondo, sexual health educator, Mary Oliver devotee, semi-militant vegetarian, pirate. I also make excellent soups.

Places I've been - Best Questions - Quotes I Love

Loves:
My darling partners
Authentic relating
Games of all sorts
DMXE and 2C-B-FLY
Hosting tea parties
Super Smash Bros. Melee (main fox)
Fusion dancing (recent examples)
Cooking for large groups
House of Yes in NYC
Harbin Hot Springs

Loathes:
Advertisements of all kinds
Heavy metal
Conspicuous consumption
Astrology
The scent of lilac

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