See also: Biofi
Ben de Vries investigates
Where can I obtain capital for my desalinization invention?
2026.02.17 Andrius: Ben presented his question to our group meeting on 02.11 with Montijn, Jere and Steph. I inquired about Ben's vision and it came out as a version of the trillionaire who treats people well and whose company finances and applies innovations relevant for world permaculture. Montijn repeatedly asked Why? Ben cares about humanity as a species. I described a vision of an alternative culture where investigators are supportive of each other. Ben agreed that a network of 1,000 investigators could be strong enough to finance his project. Today, Ben and I discussed this further, and this led to the question
What does the culture look like, which would finance Ben's project, and is between the extremes of Elon Musk and Jesus?
Specifically, Ben needs $250,000 in traunches of $25,000.
What are the various kinds of participants in this culture, their motivations, activities and worldviews? What cultural values and norms do they share?
Note that Ben's deepest value is reciprocation. So this may be a theme in this culture between extremes. Reciprocation implies alternating imbalances.
This relates to Andrius's question
How can I safely lend money in ways that benefit humanity?