Advisory Board
2002 Nobel Laureate in Economics Daniel Kahneman joins our Policy
Board. Read his latest book, "Thinking, Fast and Slow" at
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/037427...found-20
Read his bio at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.daniel.kahneman
Watch his Nobel Prize Lecture at
http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/i...p?id=531
Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
Learn about the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute (GCRI) at
http://gcrinstitute.org/
This startup think tank leads research, education, and professional
networking on global catastrophic risk. GCRI aims to identify and assess
the most effective ways of reducing the risk of global catastrophe, as
well as the issues raised by global catastrophic risk.
Open Science Summit 2012
Learn about the Open Science Summit 2012 at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ope...mit-2012
TOHL: Elevating Infrastructure
Learn about TOHL: Elevating Infrastructure at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/toh...ref=live
World Record in Electric-Mileage Efficiency
Learn about The eCC, a fully-electric "Green" vehicle, licensed and street-legal, that will set the world record in electric-mileage efficiency at http://www.indiegogo.com/eCC
Facebook Contest Update
Our Facebook contest is going well. Post at least once in our Facebook
group by September 30, 2012 and you will be entered in a contest whose
winner will have the honor of Josef P. Holbert creating an original
acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18" on the subject of the winner's choice.
Learn about Josef at http://www.etsy.com/people/josefholbert
People who have entered this contest so far include Doug Bard, Paul
Battista, Alex Michael Bonnici, Geoff Brennan, Michelle Cadieux, Nikola
Danaylov, Cuentín Caballero De La Granja, Eamon Everall, Adam Falcon,
Sean Emery Flatt, Dariusz Gentek, Sirius Hallenberg, Lola Heavey, Alex
Hoekstra, Cameron Keys, Josef Koch, Wes Kretzschmar, Stephen Lang,
Jeremy Lichtman, Mike Lorrey, Christopher MacArthur, Roberto Manzocco,
Mikeythaniel McGillicuddy, Diana Jean Muir, Thomas Munyon, Moana Nalu,
Martin O'Dea, Lawrence A. Oshanek, Edward Pandemonium, George Perry,
Sandy Ravage, Esther Rudolph, Kim Solez, Khannea Suntzu, Reno J. Tibke,
Tereza Ullinovich, Natasha Vita-More, and Marcia Wiegand.
Blog
Reno J. Tibke joins our blog team with the post "The Recurring Parable
of the AWOL Android" at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/09/the-re...-android
Other interesting blog posts include:
"International Nuclear Services Putting Business Before Safety" by Tom
Kerwick at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/09/intern...e-safety
"The Invisible Second Coming" by Gary Michael Church at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/09/the-in...d-coming
"Questioning the Foundations of Physics to Achieve Interstellar Travel:
Part 3" by Benjamin T. Solomon at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2012/09/questi...l-part-3
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Oracle: $300,
Anonymous: $150,
John Lee: $100,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Maximus V. Peto: $50,
J. Broadbent: $25,
Rick Hubbard: $25,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
James Bracken: $10,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Irene J. Dabrowski: $10,
Thomas Dolphin: $10,
Charles Hawk: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
Benjamin T. Solomon: $10,
and Ryan Witt: $10.
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.
