Yeah, but so have lots of people; it doesn’t mean they’re all longtermists. Same thing with Sam Altman—I haven’t seen any indication that he’s longtermist, but would definitely be interested if you have any sources. This tweet seems to suggest that he does not consider himself a longtermist.
He funded Carrick Flynn’s campaign which was openly longtermist, via the Future Forward PAC alongside Moskovitz & SBF.
Do you have a source on Schmidt funding Carrick Flynn’s campaign? Jacobin links this Vox article which says he contributed to Future Forward, but it seems implied that it was to defeat Donald Trump. Though I actually don’t think this is a strong signal, as Carrick Flynn was mostly campaigning on pandemic prevention and that seems to make sense on neartermist views too.
His philanthropic organisation Schmidt Futures has a future focused outlook and funds various EA orgs.
I know Schmidt Futures has “future” in its name, but as far as I can tell they’re not especially focused on the long-term future. They seem to just want to boost innovation through scientific research and talent growth, but so does, like, nearly every government. For example, their Our Mission page does not mention the word “future”.
Yeah, but so have lots of people; it doesn’t mean they’re all longtermists. Same thing with Sam Altman—I haven’t seen any indication that he’s longtermist, but would definitely be interested if you have any sources. This tweet seems to suggest that he does not consider himself a longtermist.
Do you have a source on Schmidt funding Carrick Flynn’s campaign? Jacobin links this Vox article which says he contributed to Future Forward, but it seems implied that it was to defeat Donald Trump. Though I actually don’t think this is a strong signal, as Carrick Flynn was mostly campaigning on pandemic prevention and that seems to make sense on neartermist views too.
I know Schmidt Futures has “future” in its name, but as far as I can tell they’re not especially focused on the long-term future. They seem to just want to boost innovation through scientific research and talent growth, but so does, like, nearly every government. For example, their Our Mission page does not mention the word “future”.