What we do: We make educational content and share it using Google Ads, Facebook, and other media with key U.S. citizen groups. We also measure learning using AYTM surveys and quizzes on our website.
Our qualifications: Our officers and members are experts at social media analytics and artificial intelligence. We seek to use that expertise to pick facts on important topics (less influenced by short-termism and noise) and stretch donation dollars as far as we can for maximum, measurable impacts.
Why it is important: The U.S. population in general is quite ignorant and disillusioned with government and voting. This has permitted markets to function poorly in every industry segment. Spending twice as much as other countries for often lousy health care is just a key example. The government is not doing its duty and positive externalities are underinvested and negative externalities are under-regulated.
What is new: Parties mainly try to draw contrasts on personality and key issues. They fail to educate, and they fail to address the “government is the problem” narrative because they want to win over libertarians. Yet, the truth is that the mixed economy continues to be critical to the health and functioning of our society. Also, third party groups like factSpread can be critical and government roles are under assault from the Chamber of Commerce and the Koch network. This assault must be answered, and it can be. $10k can reach over 1M key voters.
What is also new: The news media partly exists to make money and, therefore, to preach to the converted. We do not need to preach to the receptive, and we can be quite boring with charts of data. This permits us to “talk to the other side” and not “dumb things down”. Even if not convinced, the audience realizes that: (a) they are ignorant and (b) effective government requires a clinical mindset.
Motto: Better voters → Better politicians –> Better world.
What we want: Donations on the order of $10,000 or $100,000 to reach over 1M key voters or 10M key voters, respectively. Enthusiasm and participation in our activities is also welcome. We value oversight and, if content is both easily fact-checked and important, we support it. We get it that some markets may be or could be over-regulated.
