# Bill Glod **URL:** --- Bill Glod has devoted his career to defending individual liberty and building scholarly networks. Alongside respected philosophy journals, his work criticizing paternalism in government was published in his 2020 Routledge book _Why It’s OK to Make Bad Choices_. As program officer at the Institute for Humane Studies from 2009 to 2023, he oversaw faculty mentorship programming, organized scholarly events, and managed a fellowship with a one-​million-​dollar annual budget. Bill currently works as a freelance author, contributing essays to outlets like the _Online Library of Liberty_ and _Liberal Currents_.