Jaan Tallinn's 2020 Philanthropy Overview

post by jaan · 2021-04-27T16:22:08.120Z · LW · GW · 4 comments

This is a link post for https://jaan.online/philanthropy/#2020-results-success

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to follow up my philantropic pledge from last year, i've updated my philanthropy page with 2020 results.

TL;DR: i made $4.3MM worth of endpoint grants in 2020, mostly via SFF's grant rounds, beating my minimum commitment by about 2x.

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comment by ChristianKl · 2021-04-28T18:52:41.194Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

It seems like you invested a good chunk into Longevity Research Institute via the Survival and Flourishing fund in the past. Do you now see that work as less important then XRisks and don't want to fund such work anymore?

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comment by jaan · 2021-04-29T08:46:24.269Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

well, i've always considered human life extension as less important than "civilisation's life extension" (ie, xrisk reduction). still, they're both very important causes, and i'm happy to support both, especially given that they don't compete much for talent. as for the LRI specifically, i believe they simply haven't applied to more recent SFF grant rounds.

comment by Dave Lindbergh (dave-lindbergh) · 2021-04-27T17:34:38.386Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Thank you for doing that. I hope the donations have positive effect.

Please don't use "MM" to mean 10^6. The only other people I know who do that are over 90 years old.

The Romans have been gone a long time. The SI prefix for 10^6 is just one M, as in "mega".

Cheers.

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comment by GuySrinivasan · 2021-04-27T18:34:34.374Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

MM is common in finance-y things. Even people in finance who are younger than 90 years old.