I think I have a fairly different attitude towards feedback compared to you and some of the other commenters. My generally view is that subject to time constraints, giving and receiving lots of feedback is both individually and institutionally healthier, and also we should be more willing to give low-quality and low-certainty feedback when we’re not sure (and disclaim that we’re not sure) rather than leave things unsaid.
In general I think people aren’t correctly modeling that constructive feedback is both time and emotionally costly, and 1) suggesting more roadblocks to making it harder to deliver such feedback makes our community worse and 2) what happens when you don’t give negative feedback isn’t that people are slightly deluded but overall emotionally happier. People’s emotions adjust and a fair number of junior EAs basically act like they’re stepping on eggshells because they don’t know if what they’re doing is perceived as bad/dumb because nobody would tell them.
I think I have a fairly different attitude towards feedback compared to you and some of the other commenters. My generally view is that subject to time constraints, giving and receiving lots of feedback is both individually and institutionally healthier, and also we should be more willing to give low-quality and low-certainty feedback when we’re not sure (and disclaim that we’re not sure) rather than leave things unsaid.
In general I think people aren’t correctly modeling that constructive feedback is both time and emotionally costly, and 1) suggesting more roadblocks to making it harder to deliver such feedback makes our community worse and 2) what happens when you don’t give negative feedback isn’t that people are slightly deluded but overall emotionally happier. People’s emotions adjust and a fair number of junior EAs basically act like they’re stepping on eggshells because they don’t know if what they’re doing is perceived as bad/dumb because nobody would tell them.