“One valuable asset [for reducing existential risk] would be a donor network comprising individuals devoted to rational philanthropy, informed about existential risk, and discerning about the means of mitigation. [I]t could be worth foregoing some technical advances in the short term in order to fill the ranks with individuals who genuinely care about safety and who have a truth-seeking orientation (and who are likely to attract more of their own kind).”

— Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Strategies and Dangers (2014), Chapter 15: Crunch Time