Stuart_Armstrong comments on Room for more funding at the Future of Humanity Institute - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Stuart_Armstrong 19 November 2012 12:42:12PM *  7 points [-]

We get to talk to government and military people quite a bit, attending seminars and giving them presentations, and they nod wisely and ask pertinent questions which we answer. We're not sure how much this has translated into actual policy differences at the end of the day, but there does seem to be a class of people in government willing to listen to these ideas (informally, it seems that the military is more interested than the standard civil servants and politicians).

There are other policy achievements, but Nick and Anders would know more...