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Criticism of the X Prize Foundation

Started by Philippe Bradley · 1 year ago

There’s an interesting introductory article (albeit a little light on substance) in the NYTimes today on these multimillion dollar prizes that seem to be proliferating these days, incentivising philanthropic (usually tech-focused) progress. Recent examples include the Ansari X ... Continue reading »

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  • We'll allow history to judge the public benefit of our first three X PRIZEs. As announced at the Clinton Global Initiative (http://www.xprize.org/foundation/press-release/...) we intend to launch more than a dozen prizes in health, energy, education, international development--an agenda clearly aimed at global benefit.

    X PRIZE is broadening its funding base, increasingly utilizing an 'open prize development' strategy, and will launch an online inducement prize capability in 2008.

    We'll continue to target categories that are 'stuck,' where there's insufficient capital addressing global problems. With great care, we define difficult but achievable goals likely to create or reshape markets for public benefit. Read more: http://www.xprize.org/blogs/tom-vander-ark/why-...

    Tom Vander Ark, President
    X PRIZE Foundation

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