“I’m concerned that people still think that if you have good enough character (or are smart enough, etc), you don’t need good boundaries and systems.”
I strongly agree with this.
I think EA fails to recognise that traditional professional boundaries are a safeguard against tail risks and that these tail risks still remain when people appear to be kind / altruistic / rational.
Even though I don’t think EA needs to totally replicate outside norms, I do agree that there are good reasons why quite a few norms exist.
I’d say the biggest norms from outside that EA needs to adopt are less porous boundaries on work/dating, and importantly actually having normalish pay structures/work environments.
“I’m concerned that people still think that if you have good enough character (or are smart enough, etc), you don’t need good boundaries and systems.”
I strongly agree with this.
I think EA fails to recognise that traditional professional boundaries are a safeguard against tail risks and that these tail risks still remain when people appear to be kind / altruistic / rational.
Even though I don’t think EA needs to totally replicate outside norms, I do agree that there are good reasons why quite a few norms exist.
I’d say the biggest norms from outside that EA needs to adopt are less porous boundaries on work/dating, and importantly actually having normalish pay structures/work environments.