Astral Codex Ten

Mako Yass

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Mako Yass

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Mako Yass is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between August 23, 2021 and January 04, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “Contact: Mako Yass, marcus[dot]yass[at]gmail[dot]com”; “‘venture grants’ by Mako Yass”. It most often appears alongside New Zealand, 1002 N St. NW, Washington DC, 20001, 1022 High St, Madison.

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  • Category: People
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: August 23, 2021
  • Last seen: January 04, 2022

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Meetups Everywhere 2021: Times And Places
August 23, 2021 · Original source
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (RSVP) Contact: Mako Yass, marcus[dot]yass[at]gmail[dot]com Time: 4:00 PM, Sunday, September 12 Location: If the current COVID alert level allows indoor meetings, and the temperature listed here is at or below 18°C at 4pm, we will gather in Lim Chhour food court and asian supermarket on Karangahape Road. Otherwise (if either of those conditions are false), if the lockdown level permits small outdoor gatherings, we will try to meet in Albert Park, in the Gazebo here; or if someone else is using the gazebo we will meet beside it somewhere around here. You will be able to recognise us by the reflective silvery orb about the size of a rockmelon positioned in the center of the gathering. Coordinates: https://w3w.co/jump.trial.films Notes: Date is September 12th OR whichever Sunday first comes after the alert level once again permits gatherings
Inline links: RSVP, here, here, here, https://w3w.co/jump.trial.films
Lewis Carroll Invented Retroactive Public Goods Funding In 1894
January 04, 2022 · Original source
I know of at least five independent inventions under five different names: “social impact bonds” by a New Zealand economist in 1988, “certificates of impact” by Paul Christiano in 2014, “retroactive public goods funding” by Vitalik Buterin a few years ago, “EA loans” by a blogger who prefers to remain anonymous, and “venture grants” by Mako Yass. These aren’t all exactly the same idea. Some are slightly better framed than others and probably I’m being terribly disrespectful to the better ones by saying they’re the same as the worse ones. But I think they all share a basic core: some structure that lets profit-seeking venture capitalist types invest in altruistic causes, in the hopes that altruists will pay them back later once they’ve been shown to work.
Inline links: “social impact bonds”, “certificates of impact”, “retroactive public goods funding”, “venture grants”