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Nick Cooney is the founder and managing partner of venture capital firm Lever VC and the author of What We Don’t Do: Inaction in the Face of Suffering and the Drive to Do More (Regalo Press, 2025). His work has been covered in hundreds of media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bloomberg, Reuters, TIME, the Los Angeles Times, NBC, Forbes, and similar.

Nick is also the founder and board chair of Lever Foundation, a non-profit focused on advancing a humane and sustainable food system, and previously founded and co-founded the non-profits The Humane League and the Good Food Institute. He is the author of several previous books on how to effectively carry out charity work, including How to Be Great at Doing Good and Change of Hear
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Now Released: What We Don't Do

What We Don't Do was officially released last week by Simon & Schuster and Regalo Press, and I'm happy to share it was the #1 bestselling new release on Amazon across three categories:

Philanthropy & Charity
Philosophy of Ethics & Morality
Social Philosophy

If you haven't checked it out yet, you can find it in print, audiobook, and ebook here on Amazon as well as at Barnes & Noble, Spotify, Apple, and Read more of this blog post »
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“GiveWell.org reviews hundreds of charities and provides recommendations to donors about which organizations will save the most lives per dollar donated. The website EffectiveAnimalActivism.org was launched in 2012 to provide similar advice for donors wanting to support animal protection causes.”
Nick Cooney, Veganomics: The Surprising Science on What Motivates Vegetarians, from the Breakfast Table to the Bedroom

“People who don't deal with the problem constructively will often cope in ways that lead to unsustainable behavior. These include the diversion strategies mentioned earlier: ignoring information, seeking pleasure, doing something small, claiming the threat is not that great, denying responsibility, pretending not to care, and acting as if there's nothing one can do to help.”
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