[LINK] John Baez Interview with astrophysicist Gregory Benford

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The content of John Baez's This Week's Finds: Week 310:

Includes

Discussion of global warming and geoengineering.
A reference to a paper by David Wolpert and Gregory Benford on Newcomb's paradox

Note: The upcoming This Week's Finds: Week 311 is an interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky by John Baez.

The content of John Baez's This Week's Finds: Week 310:

Includes

Discussion of global warming and geoengineering.
A reference to a paper by David Wolpert and Gregory Benford on Newcomb's paradox

Note: The upcoming This Week's Finds: Week 311 is an interview with Eliezer Yudkowsky by John Baez.

does not disclose how it uses the money it gets.

Just a minor correction: this cannot be a true statement to make of an American 501(c)3 charity because it would be illegal of them to not disclose what they're spending money on in their Form 990. Hence, it's easy to examine SIAI/MIRI, Girl Scouts, Edge Foundation, Lifeboat Foundation, JSTOR, ALCOR... Really, all the information is there for anyone who wants to know it, you can download for free, one just has to just not be lazy and not assume that it doesn't exist.