[MURG] Singularity Charity launching from shuttle bay 3

[Alex Ramonsky]

  For all those interested in action, here's a chance to do something 
for the singularity without even getting out of your chair.  :  )

www.tech-aid.info

The idea of a 'singularity charity' has been in our minds for several 
years, but only recently has it become possible to put into action. We 
see the need for such a charity to address the main problems of public 
lack of awareness about new technology, and public lack of access to new 
techniques and developments, particularly in medicine, but also in 
education and research. People wanting to study 'singularity 
technologies' such as AI, Cryonics, Nanotech, Biotech, often have no 
idea when to begin. Often the college they need is in another country, 
the equipment they need is hideously expensive or frankly unavailable, 
or the funding dries up just as something interesting is starting to 
happen...Bright minds are also still being lost to poverty and 
isolation;  many people are still not realistically able to afford to 
let their kids go to college, and this is the relatively wealthy west!
So here's one way of making an inroad to these problems. The charity's 
range of activities goes all the way up, from funding research to 
providing welfare kids with PCs. From recycling mobile phones to getting 
granny some time _right now_ in an MRI. From promoting cryogenics to 
encouraging people not to eat junk...and of course, publicising 
singularity issues.
We would like to say a big thank you to all those from this list who 
have already given us their time and energy to get this together, you 
know who you are, you stars.
So this is the launch of our collective endeavors...If you want to 
spread the word, obviously feel free. We'd be grateful for any links, 
etc, and can obviously reciprocate.
Best,
Alex Ramonsky and the trustees board of Tech-Aid.

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