I think a podcast with SBF where someone would have grilled him on his controversial stances would have been great. Indeed, I was actually planning to do a public debate with him in February where I was planning to bring up his reputation for lack of honesty and his involvement in politics that seemed pretty shady to me, but some parts of EA leadership actively requested that I don’t do that, since it seemed too likely to explode somehow and reflect really badly on EAs image.
This is an issue with optimizing of image I have: You aren’t able to speak out against a thought leader because they’re successful, and EA optimizing for seeming good is how we got into this mess in the first place.
This is an issue with optimizing of image I have: You aren’t able to speak out against a thought leader because they’re successful, and EA optimizing for seeming good is how we got into this mess in the first place.