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No, as many people as there are problems (Goals). Potentially infinite.
If you're looking for gullible recruits, you've come to the wrong place.
Don't lease the Ferrari just yet.
My impression is "naive" rather than "cynically looking for gullible recruits", for what it's worth.
Yep, though the beginning, bolded in the original, is worrisome:
Is exciting! :) [To be rational, we must work for well-defined goals, not for money that lacks descriptive power.]
On the contrary, it is worrisome that some people treat others as merely workforce that can be bought, and lack any empathy whatsoever.
So, who feeds you and pays for your housing?
See, we are not talking about the modern world. We are talking about changing the world to create the world of abundance.
Yes, but in the meantime you have to eat every day. Right now, who supplies money to you?
What point which you want to make requires me answering 'who supplies money to you?' question?
In the real -- not future -- world one needs money to surivive. If one dislikes working for money, one needs to acquire money in other ways. Many of these other ways, from mooching to con games, are... problematic.
And so you appear on LW, mention that your family wasn't rich (so you are unlikely to be a trust-fund baby), are very explicit that you dislike working for money, and propose a pyramid scheme.
Knowing whether you are funded is useful estimating the lifetime of your project. It's also useful for understanding potential biases and the business model.