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Midjourney, “the dream machine”I recently started working at Renaissance Philanthropy. It's a new organization, and most people I’ve met haven’t heard of it.1 So I thought I’d explain, in my own words and speaking for myself rather than my employers, what we (and I) are trying to do here.
** Modern Medicis** The “Renaissance” in Renaissance Philanthropy is a reference to the Italian Renaissance, when wealthy patrons like the Medicis commissioned great artworks and inventions. The idea is that “modern Medicis” — philanthropists — should be funding the great scientists and innovators of our day to tackle ambitious challenges. RenPhil's role is to facilitate that process: when a philanthropist wants to pursue a goal, we help them turn that into a more concrete plan, incubate and/or administer new organizations to implement that plan, and recruit the best people in the world to work on that goal and make [...]
Outline:
(00:26) Modern Medicis
(06:15) Science Philanthropy Is Needed
(09:11) Startups Aren’t Everything
(12:53) Story Time: How Modern Medicis Fail
(16:55) The RenPhil Way
(21:32) Got A Dream? I’m Listening.
First published: December 5th, 2024
Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/evakCi7A7Yqb3F8qi/the-dream-machine)
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