Excitement at having found and taken advantage of an amazing deal (better thrill than a 90% off refurbished as new sale) compared to another option to do something good with dollars.
Appreciation of ingenuity
Being able to get behind some people who have stumbled or engineered their way onto some really creative breakthroughs or possible / solutions.
Acceptance
Taking comfort that our choice of actions in the moment are the only true belongings, in world where nothing (even ourselves) ever stays the same.
Ancestors
Those who came before, who suffered to give us a better life, through kin or wide contributions, and feeling part of this human story.
Learning
Being able to learn new things, be challenged and enjoy the process of figuring stuff out over time is fulfilling, even more so when it's for something worthy.
Great production values and narration. But don't think it was explained well what Sable did to stop competitors. It just introduced the virus, but why did it stop at 10%. Was it spread to amass power in the response to the virus, and crowd out the rest? Then the extinction section - I don't think it was made clear why it was doing what it was doing (even if the point is we won't know, then wasn't clearly spelled out to the audience). Otherwise, nice video and inclusion of the news/interviews made it more compelling.
$7k to Eleos AI Research (digital minds) $7k to a new initiative launching soon (digital minds) $7k to Sentient Futures (animals and AI/digital minds) $7k to Arthropoda Foundation (insect welfare research) $5k to Compassion in Machine learning (animals and AI) $1k to others (Good Ancestors, EAGx)
Feeling thankful was able to increase the amount from last year.
Big thanks for all the folks working on all these projects and the community at large for what you all do!
Probability of blended meat options being introduced in X major restaurant chains by year Y Level of government investment in alternative proteins by year X Which precision fermentation / cultivated food ingredients will reach price parity of animal equivalents by year X
Submitting this question as a funder (early stage VC) that works in alt protein, and would influence areas to support and how to best help existing portfolio companies. Been working in this space for 5+ years and previously in broader animal movement as advocate.
Thank you for donating and sharing this with the community!
Thanks for sharing your story, appreciated.
Was founder vesting in place? Can be a good practice for teams starting on something new, to agree in advance what happens if someone leaves.
All the best for what's next!
Great list. Some others that have come up:
Bargain-hunting
Excitement at having found and taken advantage of an amazing deal (better thrill than a 90% off refurbished as new sale) compared to another option to do something good with dollars.
Appreciation of ingenuity
Being able to get behind some people who have stumbled or engineered their way onto some really creative breakthroughs or possible / solutions.
Acceptance
Taking comfort that our choice of actions in the moment are the only true belongings, in world where nothing (even ourselves) ever stays the same.
Ancestors
Those who came before, who suffered to give us a better life, through kin or wide contributions, and feeling part of this human story.
Learning
Being able to learn new things, be challenged and enjoy the process of figuring stuff out over time is fulfilling, even more so when it's for something worthy.
Great production values and narration. But don't think it was explained well what Sable did to stop competitors. It just introduced the virus, but why did it stop at 10%. Was it spread to amass power in the response to the virus, and crowd out the rest? Then the extinction section - I don't think it was made clear why it was doing what it was doing (even if the point is we won't know, then wasn't clearly spelled out to the audience). Otherwise, nice video and inclusion of the news/interviews made it more compelling.
Awesome mate, congrats!
Thanks for digging deep! 👏
This year's donations:
$7k to Eleos AI Research (digital minds)
$7k to a new initiative launching soon (digital minds)
$7k to Sentient Futures (animals and AI/digital minds)
$7k to Arthropoda Foundation (insect welfare research)
$5k to Compassion in Machine learning (animals and AI)
$1k to others (Good Ancestors, EAGx)
Feeling thankful was able to increase the amount from last year.
Big thanks for all the folks working on all these projects and the community at large for what you all do!
Love this Aaron... thanks for sharing!
Not sure if you've tried, but you might like http://astronaut.io/ for that feeling that feeling of shared humanity.
I think the peak of value could be around the 4-6 months mark.
Some examples of events I was involved in:
Agri-Food Innovation Summit:
June - first public look at speakers / program published
Aug - full agenda and all speakers confirmed
Nov - event
Food Frontier:
May - speakers and program announced
Oct - event
Too far out and it's hard to know what your priorities might be, lock-in risk etc.
Some questions from me:
Probability of blended meat options being introduced in X major restaurant chains by year Y
Level of government investment in alternative proteins by year X
Which precision fermentation / cultivated food ingredients will reach price parity of animal equivalents by year X
Submitting this question as a funder (early stage VC) that works in alt protein, and would influence areas to support and how to best help existing portfolio companies. Been working in this space for 5+ years and previously in broader animal movement as advocate.