There are some Popper-and-Deutsch interested rich men like Patrick Collison and Naval Ravikant. Those two people have already funded people who don’t like me though. I don’t know if anything negative about me has been said to them already or they have no idea who I am. As far as I know, none of my fans have ever tried to contact them to promote me. doubtingthomas once suggested that Ravikant should be contacted, but he wanted me to do it, I told him to do it himself, and I believe he did not.
Self-promotion has a lot of problems/downsides (I don’t think it inherently should, but it does in our society).
Less Wrong has funding but they don’t like me and Yudkowsky is irrational. Maybe they would like me if someone other than me approached them in the right way. Also I don’t know to what extent Lulie Tanett or others have already trash talked me to Less Wrong leadership.
The Ayn Rand Institute has funding but I don’t think that’s a promising lead for me.
I think some Goldratt people have money but I haven’t found discussion forums and I’ve done little to contact individuals.
In general, I believe rich men are usually suck ups who associate with and help other suck ups. Also, like all people with any amount of wealth, they usually aren’t super rational or super smart. So I may not be very compatible with them. This is not a comment on anyone in particular including the two rich people I named above, who I know little about.
Here’s an example of the kind of thing I’ve written that can alienate funders and their social networks:
Tabarrok co-blogs with Tyler Cowen (who I emailed this to, btw, but he didn’t reply) at Marginal Revolution, which I understand is really popular. They associate with Less Wrong and Roots of Progress among others.