I think there are practical reasons why it might take longer to prepare a comprehensive public response than the private response they were envisaging for Ben + Lightcone. That said, I also think that there are a lot of non-comprehensive responses that would have taken less time to write while still supporting their version of events, and I think it’s reasonable to update against Nonlinear in their absence.
private response they were envisaging for Ben + Lightcone
Thanks for pointing this out! I had the impression they wanted time to prepare a public response that could go live contemporaneously with Ben’s post, but reading the comments from Kat and Emerson it looks like you’re right!
I think there are practical reasons why it might take longer to prepare a comprehensive public response than the private response they were envisaging for Ben + Lightcone. That said, I also think that there are a lot of non-comprehensive responses that would have taken less time to write while still supporting their version of events, and I think it’s reasonable to update against Nonlinear in their absence.
Thanks for pointing this out! I had the impression they wanted time to prepare a public response that could go live contemporaneously with Ben’s post, but reading the comments from Kat and Emerson it looks like you’re right!