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A while back, I posted a list of my long term focus problems here [1] Short list: * Pollution and the climate * Privation * Avoidable death * Interplanetar
by johnmorrison 7y ago
A while back, I posted a list of my long term focus problems here [1]
Short list:
* Pollution and the climate
* Privation
* Avoidable death
* Interplanetary settlement
* Liberty and communication
* Transportation
My primary focus is developing and commercializing reliable clean energy, because I believe that is the most effective way to further progress in the majority of the above problems.
To that extent, I've come to terms with an inability to spread my focus across all of them simultaneously and drive great results so instead I've taken an approach of working on a few of them full time myself and investing in efforts that work on others. My intent is to keep ~100% of my net worth invested in these main problems (either in my own or somebody else's projects) in perpetuity.
In my personal life, I've also recently been spending a lot of time thinking about health and purpose: how to build discipline, how people can/should decide what to do with their life, how to stay healthy and built fitness, etc.
Side project: in my free time over the last few weeks I've also been thinking more about how to create lasting models for information and media, and so I'm building a markup language / static site generator in that pursuit [2]
[1]: https://jwmza.com/long https://jwmza.com/long
[2]: https://jwmza.com/polymath https://jwmza.com/polymath
- ariejan 7y agoAre you Elon Musk?
- johnmorrison 7y agoNo I'm John Morrison, it says right there in the username. Usernames never lie ;)
- jlevers 7y agoI'd love to chat -- we have a lot of common interests. My email's in my bio if you're interested. I particularly like your idea of keeping your entire net worth invested in the problems you're focused on, and I'm curious to hear more about it.
- Chris2048 7y agoAll those things are pretty much industries, let alone fields of study. Also, consider that "keep ~100% of my net worth invested in these main problems" may not be the better strategy for funding those problems, versus "put net worth in growth investments" that can fund the same problems later on.
- johnmorrison 7y agoYou have a good point but of course the split is adjusted to that consideration. I don't believe in profiting from life-saving medication or anything like that, so my intention is to drive rapid growth with my activities in the energy, software, and automotive sectors to fund the less immediately profitable goals. Make money solving the problems I can first, and later use that money to fund the further-off ones. Currently this strategy is working well, as my assets are growing at above 2000% annually.