Lifeboat Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organization, federal EIN #80-0034805.
All membership fees and other gifts are tax deductible to the fullest
extent of the law.
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 "I am proud to be able to support the Lifeboat Foundation in its efforts to help prevent global catastrophic risks from materializing. I love what we have achieved as a species and, desperately wanting to see positive outcomes to our struggles (and what a boundless, potentially amazing future may have in store for us), I think it is crucially important to focus on strategies and programs that both promote global balance and well-being for all sentient life, and help to avoid the near-term global risks that we are undoubtedly facing as technological evolution accelerates exponentially.
Only a handful of organizations are working on these types of major problems (please visit www.singinst.org, www.foresight.org, and www.crnano.org as well), and Lifeboat Foundation is the most comprehensive effort that I know of. Please consider joining our cause."
Sergio M.L. Tarrero - $21,760 + $2,720 to A-PRIZE + $2,000 to NanoShield Fund for $26,480 total ($21,725 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership / $22,280 pledged - Active A-500 membership) joined 10/10/06.
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 "A self-replicating pathogen, whether biological or nanotechnology based, could destroy our civilization in a matter of days or weeks. We cannot rely on trial-and-error approaches to deal with existential risks and that is why I support the Lifeboat Foundation."
Ray Kurzweil - $10,381.60 joined 03/07/06.
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 "I realize my contribution is not as much as you really need or would like to have, but at least I am demonstrating my vote of confidence in Lifeboat Foundation for this endeavor. I am glad you are planning our rescue. We have nothing to lose and the pessimists might be wrong about an inevitable extinction."
Nick Pavlica - $6,000 joined 01/19/03.
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 "I'm about 80% thru Ray Kurweil's new book, and while reading the catalogue of N, G, and R risks this morning I sat up and thought: 's---, we really better hurry up and get life off of this planet, because it's hard to imagine we don't stumble into at least one of the planet-wide species level existential risks.'"
Jim Rutt - $5,500 joined 02/24/06.
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 "I'm proud to support the Lifeboat Foundation as a Lifeboat 500 member. The work that is being done by this organization is extremely important, and only by taking an active part in it will we be able to manage the journey sucessfully."
Chris K. Haley - $4,055 + $250 to A-PRIZE + $1,000 to AIShield Fund for $5,305 total ($20,945 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/05/08.
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 "Long-term I want to travel throughout the universe and so I want to make sure our planet is not destroyed by the powerful technologies that are coming before I have a chance to leave Earth. (After I leave Earth, then it is your problem!!!)"
Jerry Searcy - $5,040 (Including $5,5000 for Matching funds for Lifeboat Podcast for iTunes grant and our University Outreach Program) Joined 04/06/06.
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 "We believe Lifeboat's work directly relates to Terasem's mission to establish diversity, unity, and joyful immortality via geoethical nanotechnology and personal cyberconsciousness."
Terasem Movement - $4,000 joined 06/05/08.
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 "Human survival has always been in mortal danger. It is only our slow perception of time that has given us the illusion of stability. Whether we call it luck, or by design, we have gotten to a point where through technology we may escape the risk horizon on Earth. Now we have to believe this is possible, and that we will do it, because whatever stance we take collectively will be self-fulfilling."
Humberto Castaneda - $3,000 (Active Patron membership) joined 01/14/08.
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Drew Reynolds - $3,000 joined 09/21/06.
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 Jason G. Matheny - $2,710 ($22,290 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 08/22/06.
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 "I am an adamant supporter of the Lifeboat Foundations goals for three major reasons, The Drake Equation, the Fermi Paradox, and The Law of Accelerating Returns. The combination of these three principles illustrates something terribly jarring; that life throughout the universe almost always destroys itself through technology."
This is a picture of Michael working on more Ark I animations. (He also created our logo and the Earth at the top of each page!)
Michael Dickey - $2,650 ($22,350 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/03/06.
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 "If humanity goes extinct, not only will the possibilities of extreme life extension, sophisticated nanotechnology, intelligence enhancement, and space expansion never bear fruit, but everyone we know will be dead, never to come back. Because we have so much to lose, mitigative strategies are worth investing in even if our estimated probability of disaster is extremely low. The Lifeboat Foundation is leading the pack in this area."
Michael Anissimov - $2,465 + $100 to A-PRIZE for $2,565 total ($22,535 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 11/01/06.
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 "Building arks costs money. 500 people pitching in is a great, exemplary start, and I look forward to numerous LF evangelizing opportunities to swiftly inflate the ranks of, first, the 500 and soon thereafter, the 5000, the 50.000, the 500.000 and the 5 million. The more arks the better!"
Philippe Van Nedervelde - $2,465 ($22,535 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/19/06.
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Eric Bauswell - $2,080 ($22,920 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 10/18/07.
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 Kenneth P. Weiss - $2,030 ($22,970 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 04/30/07.
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 "We have little faith that the government will properly plan for the dangers of advanced technology. So we have decided to put our faith in Lifeboat Foundation instead."
Susan Fuhr & Carl Martinez - $1,750 joined 09/27/05.
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 "Unfortunately, I find myself pairing finite resources with unlimited advocacy. Wishing us much success..."
Michael Fleischmann - $1,250 (Active First Class membership) joined 07/05/07.
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"'Resolving' the on-going dilemmas of life by serving two masters — an infantile approach — has consequences, some of which the Lifeboat Foundation confronts, and I applaud that. I support what is noble, regardless of outcome."
Donald Maclean - $1,170 ($23,830 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 04/16/08.
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Anonymous Donors - $1,025 (Includes four Active Economy memberships).
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 "Isn't my grandson cute!"
John J. Peters - $1,000 plus free room and board for 11 months for a volunteer. (Includes bedroom with two beds and a separate office with a fireplace and bathroom.) Joined 04/01/06.
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 "The Lifeboat Foundation concept is wonderful. Getting the best minds on the planet mobilized for a common purpose — 'to prepare for the Singularity' — may make the difference between humanity's long-term success or failure. Best wishes for success."
Robert Citron - $900 (Active Executive membership) joined 02/18/07.
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 "Many walk the perilous path in which some claim that technology will solve our problems, and others say it will destroy us.
We each have the responsibility of working hard towards a positive future. You can make a difference. Your potential is without limit.
Thoughtware.TV is proud to sponsor the Lifeboat Foundation."
Thoughtware.TV - $805 ($24,195 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 05/27/07.
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 "All of humanity is in the same boat: Earth. And if that boat is threatened or starts to sink, we need to have a lifeboat. Plain and simple. To not plan is not a plan; it is a recipe for disaster. I'm proud to be a Lifeboat 500 member since it provides a priceless service to all of humanity."
Tyrone Steels II - $792 ($24,208 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 01/21/08.
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Adam Dobrin - $750 (Active Executive membership) joined 06/06/06.
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 "To survive, we understand the opposing forces that vie at the intersection of means and will. To advance, we pursue quests for truth. To progress, we choose in the equilibrium of this difficult and delicate calculus. Future reality can be shaped both by pursuit and prudence."
Rick Hubbard - $575 (Active Executive membership) joined 06/26/07.
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 Matthew L. McGuirl - $500 + $50 to NanoShield Fund for $550 total (Active Executive membership) joined 08/21/07.
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"To help enable the Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group meeting. Dear friends and colleagues: if like me, you haven't pitched in for awhile, this is an important project to support. Thank you for keeping Lifeboat Foundation afloat, so the hard working team at Lifeboat Foundation can continue to keep us ALL afloat!"
Michael Silverton - $500 joined 10/13/07.
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 "The human species is at risk until it has established self sufficient colonies in space. Current technology is more powerful than ever before, so the period from now until we are established in space will be the most risky of all time. There is a good chance that humans are the only intelligent life in this galaxy and therefore amazingly precious. We need to work to prevent the extinction of the human species during this risky period and to help it get into space faster."
Vincent A. Cate - $475 joined 06/16/07.
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C M Anderson - $450 (Active Executive membership) joined 10/29/07.
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 "Don't accept the limits others place upon you."
Peter Murray - $425 (Active Executive membership) joined 12/15/07.
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"So much agreement about the risks. For so many years. So little action (your considerable accomplishments excluded). Please continue promoting awareness."
Richard Hendrick - $395 (Active Executive membership) joined 05/19/06.
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John Claus - $350 joined 03/24/06.
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 "The volcanologist Bill McGuire once said: "As a race, we survive on planet Earth purely by geological consent."
The physicist Stephen Hawking once said: "It's space flight or exctinction."
I believe the Lifeboat Foundation can make a real difference securing humanity's mid-term and long-term future.
It feels good to be part of this dynamic organization."
Matt Browne - $335 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/30/07.
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 "Today it is outrageous that the term existential risk is not even in the vocabulary of most policymakers, not to mention the public at large. The next decade is absolutely critical — either we get these issues recognized globally, from the highest levels of intergovernmental meetings, down to the lowest common denominator of popular culture — or — we abandon all hope of steering our future as it overcomes us."
Joseph P. Jackson III - $320 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/18/07.
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Otto Valtakoski - $285 + $10 to AIShield Fund + $10 to A-PRIZE + $10 to NanoShield Fund for $315 total joined 10/19/06.
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 "I am very interested in the kind of conversations — conversations about our future — that happen in this forum."
Brenda Cooper - $290 (Active Economy membership) joined 02/12/07.
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 "All the worldwide problems we want to solve, and feel we should have solved, are related to the fact that we've outgrown the ecological niche we presently occupy. I view them not as pathologies, but as natural indicators of our evolutionary stage. I would like to believe that they'll prove spurs to expansion. If they don't, we'll be one of evolution's failures."
Sylvia Engdahl - $280 (Active Economy membership) joined 10/27/06.
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 "If Earth is considered a closed system, there will be less for all forever. The frontier is closed, the wilderness is gone, nature is being destroyed by human consumers, while billions are starving. The future indeed looks grim, and there are, ultimately, no really long-range, positive solutions, nor motivation for making the sacrifices and doing the hard work needed now, unless we understand that we are evolving from an Earth-only toward an Earth-space or universal species."
Barbara Marx Hubbard - $275 joined 10/25/06.
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 "Lifeboat membership helps us learn about increasing productivity & longevity."
Edwin B. Cooper Jr. - $270 (Active Economy membership) joined 01/17/07.
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 "By definition, existential threats deserve our careful attention. Sadly, they are largely ignored. The Lifeboat Foundation's efforts to correct that imbalance are greatly appreciated."
Martin Hellman - $250 joined 11/05/08.
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"The future is so damned interesting. Pity I'll miss the majority of it."
Glenn A. Miller - $220 (Active Economy membership) joined 04/29/07.
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 "The image is a little old."
Kaj Sotala - $205 (Active Economy membership) joined 01/06/07.
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"Let's hope we can achieve sufficient AW (artificial wisdom or enhanced wisdom) in time to ensure the Singularity will be benign."
John N. Phillips (Jack) - $190 (Active Economy membership) joined 09/19/07.
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 Michael Haislip - $170 ($24,830 pledged - Active Lifeboat 500 membership) joined 06/16/08.
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 "Lifeboat Foundation's goal to safeguard humanity is extremely valuable and worth our support."
Bruce J. Klein - $150 joined 12/08/07.
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 "I am impressed by the roster of people you have brought on board — a great start! These respected leaders in their fields will not only contribute directly, but will also serve to convince others of the importance of preventing the extinction of the human race. (Isn't it strange that convincing is needed?)"
Joshua Fox - $130 (Active Economy membership) joined 10/10/07.
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Matt Duing - $125 (Active Executive membership) joined 10/01/08.
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"Dedicated to Alexis Armstrong and her comment on 9/12/08. But for your comment, I would not have donated. Hope to have the pleasure of a daughter like you one day. Hope the donation helps out!"
Robert T. Liimatainen - $101 joined 11/12/08.
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George Garrett - $100 (Active Economy membership) joined 08/04/07.
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 Glenn Reynolds is Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee, and is best known for his blog Instapundit, one of the most widely read American political blogs - $100 joined 11/08/07.
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Bo Shaffer - $100 joined 02/07/02.
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 "The goals of the Lifeboat Foundation are ones that nearly every forward thinking human can share. Especially for those of us involved in life extension and cryonics, a sustainable future is vital. I am proud to be involved with the Lifeboat Foundation Board, and to provide a contribution."
Rudi Hoffman - $75 joined 12/28/08.
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 "Professor Hollywood believes in the critical importance of this cause." (Click on his image to see the full picture of him on the Great Wall of China!)
Tom Castelloe - $25 joined 01/04/07.
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 The Human-Space Connection® - Space is a continuation of the environment
- Space is an extension of the global economy
- Space is a place of abundant resources
Jeff Krukin - $25 joined 10/30/07.
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 "We will want to go beyond the bounds of earth anyway, we might as well start getting ready now. The preparations may prove useful in themselves long before we get off the ground."
Alan R. Light - $25 (Active Executive membership) joined 12/26/08.
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 "We're really close to an extraordinary future and I don't want to leave things to chance. The Lifeboat Foundation is working toward that future and that is why I support them."
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Maggie Whitton - $25 joined 06/01/08.
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 "Individual resources are limited; collective resources are not. This is both the power and the threat of what our ever advancing future possibilities bring nearer to us every day. Likewise, my individual financial resources may not seem like much, but as more of us begin to recognize the value of what's being done here, and cast our lot in with this growing effort, we can multiply our individual intent beyond imagination, and I hope others reading this can recognize this fact, and join us. You will have the satisfaction of looking back and knowing you helped humankind survive our quantum leap in evolution."
David J. Xanatos - $25 joined 12/09/08.
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"Because somebody has to save the world."
Tom McCabe - $20 joined 08/31/07.
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Heikki J. Toivonen - $20 joined 11/26/02.
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 "Attention, please! We have to work together to save our planet.
Learn to be a minimalist. Be efficient in all you do. Drive a small or hybrid car. Live in a cozy house (under 1,400 square feet). Have only one or two children or adopt a child who's in need of a loving family.
If everyone in the United States lived by the simple ideas expressed here, we would not need to import foreign oil or lose our young people in needless wars.
Perhaps, if we're lucky, our precious, one-of-a-kind planet will begin to heal."
I seem to have become a prodigious writer of limericks. Here is one I thought the members of "Lifeboat" might appreciate:
The moon shines on every father, mother,
On everyone one time or another.
Whenever you look up there
Do you think of all who stare,
Ask, "Is every one of them my brother?"
Mary Armstrong, 3453 Cody Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035 - $15 joined 08/22/08.
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"The issue weighs heavy on my shoulders. This is a great service."
Guy M. Turner - $2 joined 09/11/08.
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 "If a ten-year-old can donate, then what is the excuse of you adults?"
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