Founder | Eric Klien |
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Type | Nonprofit organization |
Purpose | Prevention of existential risk |
Location | |
Website | www |
The Lifeboat Foundation is a nonprofit organization [1] based in Gardnerville, Nevada, dedicated to the prevention of global catastrophic risk.[2] Technology journalist Ashlee Vance describes Lifeboat as "a nonprofit that seeks to protect people from some seriously catastrophic technology-related events".[3] Prominent scholars from Lifeboat Foundation's Advisory Board includes 1986 Nobel Laureate in Literature Wole Soyinka, 1993 Nobel Laureate in Medicine Richard J. Roberts, 2002 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences Daniel Kahneman, and 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences Eric Maskin.[4]