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There has been no space collonization organization there. No space elevator team either. And what about the FHI? Just wondering.
Surely those who have been there incorporate all of the above. And the SIAI does incorporate all of those who have been there, after all a superhuman AGI can solve all those other problems? But if you disregard fooming AI for a second, then I'd rather put my money with some more specific objective. Space elevator research seems to be very promising example here. A well-constrained problem with clear payoffs (x-risk mitigation through space colonization, new frontiers for resources etc.).
It's not clear how your comment relates to the talk.
Putting all those events together into one thing doesn't actually work. I find myself confused trying to contemplate the sort of mind that could simultaneously advocate cryonics and seasteading, as if social cohesion wasn't a useful thing in preserving a frozen head for a few centuries. Maybe I've missed something.
I don't know whether this is what Thiel was thinking, but if you believe that the experiments on seasteads add crucially needed flexibility to a government monoculture which has some serious problems, then seasteads would improve odds for survival.
The current "social cohesion" allows the government to perform autopsies that interfere with cryonics, and only allows cryonics at all under the guise of organ donation to scientiffic research.
It appears to me that Thiel just tries to sponsor some fringe charities. I guess I would do that as well, if I was as rich as him (maybe after finally reading all of LW I'd just sponsor the SIAI though ;-). I'm simply a bit disappointed that he didn't invite more charities and projects that are more focused on a single task. But maybe it isn't his fault, they just didn't apply.
Link: Thiel Foundation Presents An Evening Of Breakthrough Philanthropy, Featuring Visionary Nonprofits Benefiting Humanity Through Technology