Lifeboat is Getting More Popular
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445 retweets!
Lifeboat Foundation is now getting over 10 million Twitter
impressions/year.
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Guardian Award
The Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award is annually bestowed upon a
respected scientist or public figure who has warned of a future fraught
with dangers and encouraged measures to prevent them.
The 2016 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award has been given to Julian
Assange in recognition of his quest to create an open world where the
truth is told. He has worked to expose government lies, abuses,
corruption, and surveillance. He is the second whistleblower to receive
the Guardian Award which the Lifeboat Foundation has been awarding since
2002.
Why does Lifeboat Foundation think that government abuses and lies
should be uncovered? Because powerful technologies that will soon be
available could lead to a 1984-type society that would not only be
unpleasant but could give the government the power to do terrible things
that become existential threats. Secret surveillance can easily become
excessive surveillance. Lies could cover up deadly weapons programs
whether they are biotech, nanotech, or AI-based.
We are moving past the point where the most deadly weapons are nuclear
weapons. Weapons that can self-replicate are usually more deadly as the
release of a weapon in one country could quickly affect the world. Today
such weapons are bioweapons. Tomorrow such weapons will be nanoweapons
or rogue AIs. A government full of lies and corruption is unlikely to
protect us against such threats.
Learn more at
http://lifeboat.com/ex/press.releases.j...d.winner
Articles
Read "Proof that Moore's Law has been replaced by a Virtual Moore's Law that is Accelerating and Bringing the Singularity With It" at http://lifeboat.com/blog/virtual-moores-law
Books
Read "Dante's Infinite Monkeys: Technology Meets the 7 Deadly Sins" at http://dantesmonkeys.ca
RAADfest 2017
RAADfest 2017, the largest ever gathering of radical life extension
enthusiasts, will be held August 9-13, 2017 in San Diego, California.
Our José Luis Cordeiro, Aubrey de Grey, Greg Fahy, William Faloon, Ben
Goertzel, Terry Grossman, Zoltan Istvan, David Kekich, Liz Parrish, Neal
VanDeRee, and Natasha Vita-More will be speaking.
Learn more at http://raadfest.com
Klaus Schulten Memorial
Lifeboat Foundation mourns the passing of Klaus Schulten who worked to
"Safeguard Humanity" to the end of his life.
Klaus was a leader in the field of biophysics, conducting seminal work
in the area of dynamic computer simulations, illuminating biological
processes and structures in ways that weren't possible before.
Learn more at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.klaus.schulten
End of the Year Fundraiser
Peg Kay and Donald Maclean will double all donations until the end of
the year!
Learn about this year's accomplishments and how you can donate at
https://lifeboat.com/ex/end.of.the.year.fundraiser
Blog
Recent interesting blog posts include:
"5 Reasons Trump Should Commit To A Crewed Lunar Return" by Bruce
Dorminey at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/5-reas...r-return
"Advanced Tissue Biofabrication (ATB) Manufacturing USA Institute Will
Focus on 3D Bioprinting Among Other Biofabrication Technologies" by
Karen Hurst at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/advanc...nologies
"Artificial leaf could make a medicinal mini-factory" by Shane Hinshaw
at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/artifi...-factory
"Can technology stop another truck attack?" by Karen Hurst at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/can-te...k-attack
"CellAge Campaign Q&A: Is It Safe To Remove Senescent Cells?" by Steve
Hill at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/cellag...espan-io
"Deep sea bacteria cured half of all prostate cancer suffers in trial"
by Dan Kummer at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/deep-s...in-trial
"A History of Global Living Conditions in 5 Charts" by Steve Hill at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/a-hist...5-charts
"Incoming Star Could Spawn Swarms of Comets When It Passes Our Sun" by
Sean Brazell at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/incomi...-our-sun
"Nanotechnology in Healthcare: Getting Smaller and Smarter" by Klaus
Baldauf at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/nanote...-smarter
"NASA Goddard: 'All Galaxies are Embedded Within a Vast Sphere of Black Holes'"
by Andreas Matt at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/nasa-g...-feature
"One of World's Most Dangerous Supervolcanoes Is Rumbling" by Shane Hinshaw
at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/one-of...rumbling
"Positive multiple sclerosis clinical trial suggests 'unprecedented'
effects in relapsing form of the disease" by Steve Hill at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/positi...-disease
"Scientists identify unique 'breathprint' of 17 diseases" by Shane
Hinshaw at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/scient...diseases
"Seven robots you need to know" by Klaus Baldauf at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/seven-...-to-know
"Solar System's Next Close Encounter Will Be With Gliese 710, Say
Astronomers" by Bruce Dorminey at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/solar-...ronomers
"Tech luminaries we lost in 2016" by Karen Hurst at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/tech-l...-in-2016
"What humans will look like in 100 years' time" by Klaus Baldauf at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/what-h...ars-time
"What's the Buzz on Delivery Drones?" by Dan Kummer at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/whats-...y-drones
"The world's first demonstration of spintronics-based artificial intelligence"
by Karen Hurst at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/the-wo...lligence
"World's largest hedge fund to replace managers with artificial
intelligence" by Zoltan Istvan at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/12/worlds...lligence
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Stormy Brinson: $240,
James Dunn: $128,
Hubert C. Braendle: $120,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Bob Joy: $50,
Facebook: $30,
Gareth John: $30,
Venita Davis: $25,
Nicholas MacDonald: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
David Weiss: $25,
Function Venue Brisbane: $20,
Frank W. Sudia: $20,
Sean P. Magin: $15,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Taurus Londoņo: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Patrik Sandin: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
Peter Smafield: $10,
Joel D. Ticknor: $10,
Twenty Motion: $10,
Attacchi di Panico: $5.50,
Donated Car Deals: $5,
Epic Gardening: $5,
EquipMyFinance: $5,
Fastlane Local: $5,
Mobility Rentals & Sales: $5,
Plumbers Near Me: $5,
Desafio Vip 60 Funciona: $2,
Disposal of Garbage: $2,
Eyebrow Threading Near Me: $2,
Road Home Rescue: $2,
Vista Glass Splashbacks: $2,
Australia Logo Design: $1,
Best Cordless Drill Reviews: $1,
Best Skin Care Products: $1,
Energy Customer Service: $1,
Crown Auto and Fleet Service: $1,
Dennies John: $1,
Digital Mover Agency: $1,
Fakhoury Medical and Chiropractic: $1,
Farrell Disability Law: $1,
Feldman Mediation & Arbitration: $1,
Florida Fence Outlet: $1,
Game Wire: $1,
Geeks Daily: $1,
Hoghead Solutions: $1,
Iontoderma: $1,
Jami L. Huber, P.A.: $1,
Lavalle Brown & Ronan: $1,
Mander Law Group: $1,
Mesa SEO Company: $1,
Movers Denver: $1,
Punaise de Lit: $1,
Robert W. Elton: $1,
St. Austin Review: $1,
and Steven Clark: $1.
Our Join Us page at https://lifeboat.com/ex/join.us now allows you to
pay for your membership anywhere from monthly to every ten years.
