Thanks a lot.
I can't guarantee any results, but I believe that these project have great potential to be fruitful. I am also wondering if anyone can suggest a better plan to spend this virtual money.
The amount is random. The main idea is to show that even an insignificant amount of money put into the projects in life extension can bring substantial advances in the field.
There's a good song by Eminem - If I had a million dollars. So, if I had a hypothetical task to give away $30 million to different foundations without having a right to influence the projects, I would distribute them as follows, $3 million for each organization:
1. Nanofactory collaboration, Robert Freitas, Ralph Merkle – developers of molecular nanotechnology and nanomedicine. Robert Freitas is the author of the monography Nanomedicine.
2. Singularity institute, Michael Vassar, Eliezer Yudkowsky – developers and ideologists of the friendly Artificial Intelligence
3. SENS Foundation, Aubrey de Grey – the most active engineering project in life extension, focused on the most promising underfunded areas
4. Cryonics Institute – one... (read 361 more words →)
Thank you, Louie. As a matter of fact, I was thinking about what you're proposing and it certainly seems like a great idea. It would be also very good to estimate the multiplication effect of these projects, because they can act like firestarters, giving birth to interest, more donations, and hence, more leverage.