I think in general people don’t really understand how virality works in community dynamics. Like there are actions that when taken cannot be reversed.
I don’t say “never share this” but I think sharing publicly early will just make it much harder to have a vulnerable discussion.
I don’t mind EAs talking about this with non-EAs but I think twitter is sometimes like a feeding frenzy, particularly around EA stuff. And no, I don’t want that.
Notably, more agree with me than disagree (though some big upvotes on agreement obscure this—I generally am not wild about big agreeevotes).
As I’ve written elsewhere I think there is a spectrum from private to public. Some things should be more public than they are and other things more private. Currrently I am arguing this is about right. I thought that it turned out many issues with FTX were too private.
I think that a mature understanding of sharing things is required for navigating vulnerable situations (an I imagine you agree—many disliked the sharing of victims names around the time article why because that was too public for that information in their opinion)
I appreciate that you said it didn’t sit well with you. It doesn’t really sit well with me either. I welcome someone writing it better
Yeah, again, I think you might well be right on the substance. I haven’t tweeted about this and don’t plan to (in part because I think virality can often lead to repercussions for the affected parties that are disproportionate to the behavior—or at least, this is something a tweeter has no control over). I just think EA has kind of a yucky history when it comes to being prescriptive about where/when/how EAs talk about issues facing the EA community. I think this is a bad tendency—for instance, I think it has, ironically, contributed to the perception that EA is “culty” and also led to certain problematic behaviors getting pushed under the rug—and so I think we should strongly err on the side of not being prescriptive about how EAs talk about issues facing the community. Again, I think it’s totally fine to explain why you yourself are choosing to talk or not talk about something publicly.
I guess I plan for the future, not the past. But I agree that my stance is generally more public than most EAs. I talk to journalists about stuff, for instance, and I think more people should.
Yeah i get that.
I think in general people don’t really understand how virality works in community dynamics. Like there are actions that when taken cannot be reversed.
I don’t say “never share this” but I think sharing publicly early will just make it much harder to have a vulnerable discussion.
I don’t mind EAs talking about this with non-EAs but I think twitter is sometimes like a feeding frenzy, particularly around EA stuff. And no, I don’t want that.
Notably, more agree with me than disagree (though some big upvotes on agreement obscure this—I generally am not wild about big agreeevotes).
As I’ve written elsewhere I think there is a spectrum from private to public. Some things should be more public than they are and other things more private. Currrently I am arguing this is about right. I thought that it turned out many issues with FTX were too private.
I think that a mature understanding of sharing things is required for navigating vulnerable situations (an I imagine you agree—many disliked the sharing of victims names around the time article why because that was too public for that information in their opinion)
I appreciate that you said it didn’t sit well with you. It doesn’t really sit well with me either. I welcome someone writing it better
Yeah, again, I think you might well be right on the substance. I haven’t tweeted about this and don’t plan to (in part because I think virality can often lead to repercussions for the affected parties that are disproportionate to the behavior—or at least, this is something a tweeter has no control over). I just think EA has kind of a yucky history when it comes to being prescriptive about where/when/how EAs talk about issues facing the EA community. I think this is a bad tendency—for instance, I think it has, ironically, contributed to the perception that EA is “culty” and also led to certain problematic behaviors getting pushed under the rug—and so I think we should strongly err on the side of not being prescriptive about how EAs talk about issues facing the community. Again, I think it’s totally fine to explain why you yourself are choosing to talk or not talk about something publicly.
I guess I plan for the future, not the past. But I agree that my stance is generally more public than most EAs. I talk to journalists about stuff, for instance, and I think more people should.
I imagine we might agree in cases.