Upcoming Books
Our books "Visions of the Future" and "Prospects for Human Survival" are
almost ready to be published. The latest cover of Visions (which is a
monster 650 pages!) is at
http://lifeboat.com/images/visions.of.t...eeds.jpg
If you wish to search a book for typos or would like to help with the
upcoming marketing campaigns, send an email to
Kenneth W. Harris Memorial
The Lifeboat Foundation mourns the passing of our Kenneth W. Harris who
worked to "Safeguard Humanity" until the end of his life. Ken also
served the World Future Society and its National Capital chapter for
many years. He was also a field editor on transportation for TechCast
Global and a member of the Association for Professional Futurists.
Learn more at http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.kenneth.w.harris
Phantomjs
If you have experience with PhantomJS (phantomjs.org), send an email to
Social Media
The Lifeboat Foundation has become much more active on social media. We now have over 3,000 followers at https://twitter.com/lifeboathq, over 5,000 members at https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifeboatfoundation, and nearly 1,000 members at http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/35656/2B322944A8E3.
Blog
Recent interesting blog posts include:
"The Coming Problem of Our iPhones Being More Intelligent Than Us" by Seb at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/the-co...-than-us
"Crypto-Info Approach to the Ethics of Genetic Engineering" by Benjamin
T. Solomon at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/crypto...ineering
"Game-Changing Technologies" by Mark Nall at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/game-c...nologies
"Injustice, Ethereum, and the information renaissance... by
Rob Chamberlain at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/injust...aissance
"Robotic EQ" by Mark Nall at http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/robotic-eq
"Should We Arm the International Space Station With Lasers to Destroy
Space Junk?" by Seb at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/should...ace-junk
"SpaceX's Success" by Benjamin T. Solomon at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/spacexs-success
"They're Alive! Watch These Mini 3D Printed Organs Beat Just Like Hearts"
by Seb at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/theyre...e-hearts
"To be a Space Faring Civilization" by Benjamin T. Solomon at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/to-be-...lization
"What If We Had Another Earth?" by Mark Nall at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/what-i...er-earth
"What Kind of Thing Is Moore's Law?" by Seb at
http://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/04/what-k...ores-law
Growing Membership
Recent donations/pledges we have received since our last newsletter:
Humberto Castaneda: $200,
Maciamo Hay: $120,
Michael Dickey: $85,
Sergio M.L. Tarrero: $85,
Philippe Van Nedervelde: $85,
Kenneth P. Weiss: $85,
Matthew L. McGuirl: $25,
Anonymous: $10,
Nicola Preston Bell: $10,
Rebecca R. Cooper: $10,
Alexander Macrae: $10,
Aaron Mayzes: $10,
Philip Morehead: $10,
Roland Schiefer: $10,
Peter Smafield: $10,
Joel D. Ticknor: $10,
Kelley White-Ricks: $10,
and Chris B. Porter: $3.
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.
