I understand why people shy away from/hide their identities when speaking with journalists but I think this is a mistake, largely for reasons covered in this post but I think a large part of the name brand of EA deteriorating is not just FTX but the risk-averse reaction to FTX by individuals (again, for understandable reasons) but that harms the movement in a way where the costs are externalized.
When PG refers to keeping your identity small, he means don’t defend it or its characteristics for the sake of it. There’s nothing wrong with being a C/C++ programmer, but realizing it’s not the best for rapid development needs or memory safety. In this case, you can own being an EA/your affiliation to EA and not need to justify everything about the community.
We had a bit of a tragedy of the commons problem because a lot of people are risk-averse and don’t want to be associated with EA in case something bad happens to them but this causes the brand to lose a lot of good people you’d be happy to be associated with.
FWIW, I appreciated reading this :) Thank you for sharing it!
We had a bit of a tragedy of the commons problem because a lot of people are risk-averse and don’t want to be associated with EA in case something bad happens to them but this causes the brand to lose a lot of good people you’d be happy to be associated with.
I so agree! I think there is something virtuous and collaborative for those of us who have benefited from EA and its ideas / community to just… being willing to stand up and say simply that. I think these ideas are worth fighting for.
I understand why people shy away from/hide their identities when speaking with journalists but I think this is a mistake, largely for reasons covered in this post but I think a large part of the name brand of EA deteriorating is not just FTX but the risk-averse reaction to FTX by individuals (again, for understandable reasons) but that harms the movement in a way where the costs are externalized.
When PG refers to keeping your identity small, he means don’t defend it or its characteristics for the sake of it. There’s nothing wrong with being a C/C++ programmer, but realizing it’s not the best for rapid development needs or memory safety. In this case, you can own being an EA/your affiliation to EA and not need to justify everything about the community.
We had a bit of a tragedy of the commons problem because a lot of people are risk-averse and don’t want to be associated with EA in case something bad happens to them but this causes the brand to lose a lot of good people you’d be happy to be associated with.
I’m a proud EA.
FWIW, I appreciated reading this :) Thank you for sharing it!
I so agree! I think there is something virtuous and collaborative for those of us who have benefited from EA and its ideas / community to just… being willing to stand up and say simply that. I think these ideas are worth fighting for.
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On this note, I’m happy that in CEA’s new post, they talk about building the brand of effective altruism