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Lifeboat 500

Inspired by the Methuselah Mprize Three Hundred.

No amount is too small! The number of individual donors is just as important as the size of the donation, in terms of showing public support for this effort. So if you can’t afford to join the Lifeboat 500 today, join as an Economy Class member and if you later become a Lifeboat 500 member, we will give you credit for all your earlier donations!

For the price of a cup of coffee a day you can join a select group of visionaries who are standing shoulder to shoulder as the first vanguard in the real war to ensure humanity adopts the increasingly powerful technologies of genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics without too many casualties.

Our fundraising experience has convinced us that when given the option, there are thousands of individuals and organizations who will be willing to choose life over money. So we decided something special was in order.

That’s where you come in.

We’re looking for a few special individuals and organizations to make a meaningful, but affordable commitment: $1,000 a year, for 25 years, which amounts to $85 a month or $2.75 a day, the equivalent of one visit to Starbucks.

Now 25 years is a long stretch and you might be thinking that many things can occur in 25 years, after all, it is possible that terrorists using nanotechnology may not let us live that long. The possibility exists that there will be some of The Five Hundred who will be unable to see through their commitment for any variety of reasons. For these few we simply accept the benefit of their contributions. Arrangements could be made that their commitment could continue should they so wish it, even if they themselves, a fallen comrade in arms, were unable.

Lifeboat 500 members may request free copies of The Human Race to the Future: What Could Happen — and What to Do, The Singularity is Near, Our Final Hour, The Gathering Storm (DVD), and also of Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines. The Gathering Storm is a movie starring Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave that shows Winston Churchill’s valiant but futile efforts to prevent World War II and save over 50 million lives. Luckily World War II was not an existential risk as genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics are.

Lifeboat 500 members are eligible for a 100% discount on admission fees (including those of three guests) at ALL planetariums around the world and may request visits by Lifeboat staff. Meetings are subject to availability and time constraints. They also can request a beautiful personally engraved marble trophy with a working removable half hour glass after they have been a member for one year. Learn about all membership discounts and benefits!

We have launched a forum/mailing list to discuss your ideas for our programs and other suggestions for the Lifeboat Foundation. All Lifeboat 500 members may join this invitation-only discussion group.

Get your membership fees matched by your employer!

Use the below form to pay for your membership via , American Express, bitcoin, bitcoin cash, bytecoin, check, CryptogenicBullion, Dash, Diners Club, Discover, Ethereum, JCB, monero, MasterCard, noblecoin, NXT, PayPal, peercoin, solarcoin, Visa, wire, or Zcash. You can also send anonymous anoncoin donations to ALifeboatMFbsbBnM157zSwmvLefBMFyRA, bitcoin donations to 1Endowment7huUesEXRuWgEXfxHgxvZHfK, bitcoin cash donations to 1LifeboatVPg24QghZ73Dzrx8AxcJLCnoA, bytecoin donations to 27Ztk296eht7kvkuSWBnSHFkyJuBz12aUQD3JGAB9TzfTmij
vGVsB4626pMkC7ZPHvM8oNBxPSW6NGjtvvY4hdTSEzxz3NQ, CryptogenicBullion to 5oLifeboahKRRBegBet6wKknJXKgZaC2n1, Dash to XoLifeboayhU2V4cZjzEWrVY1bs4EXRzVj, Ethereum to 0xbadc0de027c5c1aa8917db7c93aec6c4281f6eca, litecoin to LLifeboat89KCQKb9XEH2XGAQqbr2KnUp9, monero at 42BToafqtFZDrGPVzWrTCoG2fd2joMvK4BGV3tiQFnE1HhyQ
5Ug1QzRNLL5xFHyNHc6rLZbZ8GpqV1V41FzNsaxtPbg2LJd, noblecoin to 9oLifeboaAJZD99ewSfEadFQuYRxEwrRFu, NXT to 15218141642686933204, peercoin to PLifeboatRZmTjrLMs6Cpa14Sqc8Nwyq6p, solarcoin to 8LifeboatJu4KqsL5NCtmd45dkD2aFK59X, and Zcash to t1Lifeboat7EQg4jzdUdgDjPkbPqnkWy3LP. You can also donate American Express membership reward points.

Lifeboat Foundation respects your privacy! We will not use your optional phone number to contact you for any reason other than to correct a problem relating to your membership processing.

Every donor can provide a short testimonial with their donation which will show up on our donors page. If you haven’t already created a testimonial please consider the ability of your words to help others reach the same conclusion you did. If we all work together, the day when humanity adopts the increasingly powerful technologies of genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics/AI safely will arrive that much sooner.

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