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The FTX Future Fund needs to slow its charitable spending way down (trevorklee.substack.com)
6 points by telotortium on Sept 30, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


"For only $10 million, we could register this particular shade of blue to symbolize the cause of AI awareness like pink means breast cancer. We expect annual profits in the billions and employment for 500 lawyers and 5,000 staff in the trademark enforcement division"

That's just how the philanthropy business works innit?

Now if you're wanting activism that gets laws made, what you do is rent a (nice) apartment in the right part of Washington, DC; and let the right people use that on occasion in return for other favors. This kind of resource is what professional lobbying firms can advise you in using and advertise where it'll do you some good. You hire other firms to install the cameras and archive the resulting home movies.




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