I worry that this post is claiming that EAs are uncommonly likely to recommend rules violations in order to achieve their goals (ie, ends justify the means). I don’t think that’s true, and I generally see EAs as trying very hard to be scrupulous and do right by all involved parties.
Concretely, I believe that if you went to an EA conference or a similar gathering and presented people with prisoners dilemma issues, or just lost wallets, they would behave more pro-socially than average for the country.
I think that the FTX collapse is a very salient example of EA folks committing crime (perhaps in the belief that the ends justified it?), but that doesn’t mean that EA increases the probability of crime.
I worry that this post is claiming that EAs are uncommonly likely to recommend rules violations in order to achieve their goals (ie, ends justify the means). I don’t think that’s true, and I generally see EAs as trying very hard to be scrupulous and do right by all involved parties.
Concretely, I believe that if you went to an EA conference or a similar gathering and presented people with prisoners dilemma issues, or just lost wallets, they would behave more pro-socially than average for the country.
I think that the FTX collapse is a very salient example of EA folks committing crime (perhaps in the belief that the ends justified it?), but that doesn’t mean that EA increases the probability of crime.