[extropy-chat] Join The Three Hundred

[Reason]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
> [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org]On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes
>
> --- Reason <reason at longevitymeme.org> wrote:
> > The Three Hundred is a classical concept, based on a
> > battle that saved the
> > future of Western Civilization: Thermopylae. In 480
> > B.C., 300 Spartan
> > warriors fought against incredible odds to gain time
> > for the rest of Greece
> > to mobilize against the Persian hordes. Without the
> > delaying action fought
> > at the narrow pass of Thermopylae, the achievements
> > of Greece and our
> > culture as we know it would have been swept away.
>
> You might want to reconsider the presentation of this
> initiative.  Contributing money hardly equates to
> risking one's life in battle, and this cognitive
> dissonance would detract from the image.  (A closer
> corrolary would be for the longevity researchers
> themselves to be the Three Hundred, with sponsors to
> back them.)
>
> Also, why limit yourself to only three hundred
> sponsors?  More money is rarely a bad thing, and some
> might think that if there will only ever be three
> hundred sponsors, they might not be able to recruit
> their friends into this, thus they might not try if
> they do donate and might be dissuaded from donating in
> the first place.  (OTOH, you might well limit the
> researchers to three hundred or so for administrative
> reasons.)

It's a sauce for the goose thing. The Three Hundred appeals to some people
and is doing what it is designed to do - build a core of motivated
individuals to make large pledges. These can then be used to leverage large
donations from other sources. The next initiative after the Three Hundred
will be quite different, aiming at another demographic.

Reason
Founder, Longevity Meme