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 [...]

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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.

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First published:
December 5th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/evakCi7A7Yqb3F8qi/the-dream-machine

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“The Dream Machine” by sarahconstantin

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