<story><title>Pineapple Fund&apos;s $56M Giving Spree</title><url>https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Anonymous-Bitcoin-Donor-Rains/242606/#.WpXBu7xClmA.twitter</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>anythingnonidin</author><text>Really great to see MDMA research (MAPS, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) get funded by Pine. MDMA seems to be a high potential therapy.&lt;p&gt;I hope the next crypto philanthropist funds other psychedelic research, e.g. Heffter Research. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;heffter.org&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;heffter.org&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt; Psilocybin and classic psychedelics also seems to be very high potential - e.g. for addiction [0], problem solving&amp;#x2F;creativity [1], and for depression&amp;#x2F;anxiety [2].&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hub.jhu.edu&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;magic-mushrooms-smoking&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;hub.jhu.edu&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;magic-mushrooms-smoking&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;thethirdwave.co&amp;#x2F;psychedelics-creativity&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;thethirdwave.co&amp;#x2F;psychedelics-creativity&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;health&amp;#x2F;hallucinogenic-mushrooms-psilocybin-cancer-anxiety-depression.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.nytimes.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;12&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;health&amp;#x2F;hallucinogenic-mus...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Pineapple Fund&apos;s $56M Giving Spree</title><url>https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Anonymous-Bitcoin-Donor-Rains/242606/#.WpXBu7xClmA.twitter</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>eganist</author><text>&amp;gt; OpenMRS said Pine had contributed software patches to the effort previously.&lt;p&gt;Philanthropy.com did this person a grave disservice. This drastically narrows the donor pool and is quite in violation of their earlier statement:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Pine agreed to a phone interview with the Chronicle on the condition that the article include no identifying information.</text></comment>