Hi! I'm Aaron! 🎉
I'm a writer, musician, storyteller, and audiobook enthusiast.
Currently:
General Partner at Open Heart Capital, a $5M+ quantitative fund that donates its performance fee to highly effective public health charities.
Settled in SF where I helped start The Muse after 2.5 years of living nomadically, originally from NYC.Previously:
Co-Director, Effective Altruism NYC
Growth, Enigma (now Secret Network)
Adjunct professor of social entrepreneurship, CUNY
Science educator, American Museum of Natural HistoryEver and always:
Co-Founder, Impact Labs
BA in philosophy (ethics), Brown UniversityIn 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, Sleepawake '24 (I couldn't recommend this more highly for people in their 20s), Slavin Fellows, T3, The Learned League, 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:
An audio-first tool for networked thought - follow along on Memex
An educational youth program for budding effective altruists
A 36-track album with my older brother, Zach - available on Bandcamp
Board game design - playtest my most recent creation
A top secret psychedelic-assisted therapy research project
A longevity summer camp + other healthspan extension projects
Listening to 100 audiobooks in a single month
Giving a TEDx talk about the imperative to use technology for social good
Recording an entire album in a single day
Acting in an Off-Broadway play for 8 years
Owning and operating a summer camp with my family
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, unapologetic lover of Soylent, 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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