{"id":562,"date":"2013-08-15T23:29:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T22:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.iola.dk\/arj\/?p=562"},"modified":"2018-08-22T12:19:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T11:19:21","slug":"on-altruism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.iola.dk\/arj\/2013\/08\/15\/on-altruism\/","title":{"rendered":"On altruism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some years ago I became an apostate by leaving the church and became a “real” atheist. In Denmark the church and the state are still quite heavily intertwined. Luckily the biggest portion<\/a> of the money the church receives are from believers<\/em> who pay about 1% of their annual salary through a special church tax. Many of these never go to church, except for Christmas, when they get married or when they get children and need<\/em> to get them baptized. What would happen if they spend that money on charity instead?<\/p>\n

I have been thinking about ways to spend some of the money I don’t have to pay the church for altruistic purposes. So far I have donated to three different causes that I think makes the world a better place.<\/p>\n

1) Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

We need to nurture and make sure that information in the public domain stays there and are available to anyone with an internet connection free of charge.<\/p>\n

2) Khan Academy<\/a><\/p>\n

I have always been interested in how we can improve the education system and now being a father certainly helps me appreciate any progress being done in this area. Salman Khan tells their story in this TED talk<\/a> much better than I can do.<\/p>\n

3) Global Witness<\/a><\/p>\n

There are a wealth of different organization trying to help the poor in need, but I always find them lacking in that they seem to focus on individuals rather than looking at the bigger picture. When I watched Charmian Gooch talk about global corruption<\/a> I instantly felt that this was finally something worth supported and something I could see really make a difference in the long run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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